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LINES WRITTEN FOR THE ALBUM AT ROSANNA by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS

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First Line: O, LIGHTY TREAD THROUGH THESE DEEP CHESTNUT BOWERS
Last Line: A SPELL TO RAISE, TO CHASTEN, AND TO MELT!
Subject(s): ROSANNA, IRELAND;

A beautiful place in the county of Wicklow, formerly the
the abode of the authoress of "Psyche" [Mrs. Tighe].

O, LIGHTLY tread through these deep chestnut bowers,
Where a sweet spirit once in beauty moved!
And touch with reverent hand these leaves and flowers, --
Fair things, which well a gentle heart hath loved!
A gentle heart, of love and grief the abode,
Whence the bright stream of song in tear-drops flowed.

And bid its memory sanctify the scene!
And let the ideal presence of the dead
Float round, and touch the woods with softer green,
And o'er the streams a charm, like moonlight, shed,
Through the soul's depths in holy silence felt, --
A spell to raise, to chasten, and to melt!



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