Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell
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PILATE'S WIFE'S DREAM. I'VE quenched my lamp, I struck it in that start Which every limb convulsed, I heard it fallThe crash blent with my sleep, I saw depart Its light, even as I woke, on yonder wall ; Over against my bed, there shone a gleam Strange, faint, and mingling also ,vith my dream. It sunk, and I am wrapt in utter gloom; How far is night advanced, and when will day Retinge the dusk and ...
MorePILATE'S WIFE'S DREAM. I'VE quenched my lamp, I struck it in that start Which every limb convulsed, I heard it fallThe crash blent with my sleep, I saw depart Its light, even as I woke, on yonder wall ; Over against my bed, there shone a gleam Strange, faint, and mingling also ,vith my dream. It sunk, and I am wrapt in utter gloom; How far is night advanced, and when will day Retinge the dusk and livid air with bloom, And fill this void with warm, creative ray? Would I could sleep again till, clear and red, Morning shall on the mountain-tops be spread! I'd call my women, but to break their sleep,
Table of Contents
CONTENTS; Pilate's Wife's Dream; Faith and Despondency; A Reminiscence; Mementos; Stars; The Philosopher; The Arbour; Home; The Wife's Will; Remembrance; Vanitas Vanitatum, Omnia Vanitas; ,The Wood; A Death-Scene; Song; The Penitent; Music on Christmas Morning; Frances; Anticipation; Stanzas; Gilbert ; The Prisoner; If this be all; Life; Hope ; Memory; The Letter; A Day-Dream; 384523; Page 13; 20; 22; 23; 33; 35; 38; 39; 40; 43; 45; 47; 52; 55; 56 I; 57; 58; 68; 71; 72; 88; 92; 93; 94; 95; 98; 101; CONTENTS; A Word to the Elect ; The Teacher's Monologue; o Page 104; 106; o 108; 109; 112; 115; 116; 119; Sympathy 122; Past Days 123; Passion 124; Preference 127; Plead for Me 130; The Consolation 132; Evening Solace 133; Self-Interrogation 135; Lipes coIItposed in a Wood on a Windy Day' 137; Stanzas 138; Death 140; Views of Life 141; Parting 149; Stanzas to 150; Appeal 152; Honour's Martyr 152; The Student's Serenade 155; Apostasy 157; Stanzas 160; The Captive Dove 161; Winter Stores 162; My Comforter 165; Self-Congratulation 166; The Missionary 169; The Old Stoic 174; Fluctuations 175
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