Leonainie -- Angels named her; And they took the light Of the laughing stars and framed her In a smile of white; And they made her hair of gloomy Midnight, and her eyes of bloomy Moonshine, and they brought her to me In the solemn night. -- In a solemn night of summer, When my heart of gloom Blossomed up to greet the comer Like a rose in bloom; All forebodings that distressed me I forgot as Joy caressed me -- (LYING Joy! that caught and pressed me In the arms of doom!) Only spake the little lisper In the Angel-tongue; Yet I, listening, heard her whisper, -- "Songs are only sung Here below that they may grieve you -- Tales but told you to deceive you, -- So must Leonainie leave you While her love is young." Then God smiled and it was morning. Matchless and supreme Heaven's glory seemed adorning Earth with its esteem: Every heart but mine seemed gifted With the voice of prayer, and lifted Where my Leonainie drifted From me like a dream. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONG OF MARION'S MEN by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT UPON BEN JONSON [JOHNSON] by ROBERT HERRICK THE IMAGE OF GOD by FRANCISCO DE ALDANA THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 9. VISION OF THE WORLD by T. BAKER TWELVE SONNETS: 6 by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) SPRING IN THE ALPS by MATHILDE BLIND |