Description - The Poems of Celia Thaxter by Celia Thaxter
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...cold throng the waves, the wind Stings sharp, --an icy fire, a touch unkind, --And sighs as if with passion of regret, The while I mark thy tints of violet. O beauty strange! O shape of perfect grace, Whereon the lovely waves of color trace The history of the years that passed thee by, And touched thee with the pathos of the sky! The sea shall crush thee; yea, the ponderous wave Up the loose beach shall grind, and scoop thy grave, Thou thought of God! What more than thou am 11 Both transient as the sad wind's passing sigh. TRUST See how the wind is hauling point by point to the south, By the boats in the little harbor, that swing to its lightest touch; And the coasting craft emerge from the far-off river's mouth, And on the rocks the breakers relax their impotent clutch. At last is the tempest ended, the bitter northeast appeased, And the world will soon be sparkling in clear white fire and dew, And the sullen clouds melt swiftly, by the might of warm wind seized, And the heavens shine in splendor, where broadens the matchless blue. Carol the birds in chorus; glitters the snow-white gull, Screaming loud in mid-air, slow-soaring high with delight; TRUST 121 And the rosebuds loosen their petals, the drenched flowers, sodden and dull, Break out into stars of purple and gold and crimson and white. Where wert thou, Spirit of Beauty, while earth lay cold and dark, And the chill wind struck to our hearts, and the sky like an enemy scowled, And we crept through the mists desponding, and never a glimmering spark Shot a ray through the gloom while the storm like a demon groveled and growled? Where art thou, Heavenly Father, when thy world seems spoiled with sin, And darker far than thy tempest arises the smoke of doubt, That blackens the sky of the soul?--for faith is ...
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