Evaline, madelon, and other poems.

  • Chandler, Louis A.
Date:
1861
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Evaline, madelon, and other poems. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    There were the mountains hoar and grey, The green and village-dotted vales, The rolHng waters of the Bay Alive with snowy sails,— The vine-clad hills — the silvery olive woods. The church-crowned heights, and convent solitudes. A dreamy stillness brooded round. No hum, no voice, the city gave. No murmur, save one mournful sound, The beating of the wave ; What thoughts were her^s,—lone wanderer on the height, What scenes prophetic swam before her sight ? How yearned her spirit for its rest. Its promised rest of peace and love ! As yearned above the watery waste Unto the Ark the dove ; Or, as one dying upon arid plains. That dreams of dropping dews and balmy rains.