Sings
The dim verbena drugs the dusk With lemon-heavy odours where The heliotropes breathe drowsy musk Into the jasmine-dreamy air; The moss-rose bursts its dewy husk And spills its attar there. The orange at thy casement swings Star-censers oozing rich perfumes; The clematis, long-petalled, clings In clusters of dark purple blooms; With flowers, like moons or sylphide wings, Magnolias light the glooms. Awake, awake from sleep! Thy balmy hair, Down-fallen, deep on deep, Like blossoms there' That dew and fragrance weep' Will fill the night with prayer. Awake, awake from sleep! And dreaming here it seems to me A dryad's bosom grows confessed, Bright in the moss of yonder tree, That rustles with the murmurous West Or is it but a bloom I see, Round as thy virgin breast? Through fathomless deeps above are rolled A million feverish worlds, that burst, Like gems, from Heaven's caskets old Of darkness fires that throb and thirst; An aloe, showering buds of gold, The night seems, star-immersed. Unseal, unseal thine eyes! O'er which her rod Sleep sways; and like the skies, That dream and nod, Their starry majesties Will fill the night with God. Unseal, unseal thine eyes!
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"The dim verbena drugs the dusk..."
This evocative piece by Madison Julius Cawein, titled "Sings", represents a masterful exploration of classic. The lines capture a profound emotional resonance... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...