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SONGS IN MINOR KEYS.
And I followed the star thro' the glimmer
Of uplands that told of the day;
For its light led to regions of day,
Till faster, and farther, and dimmer
The melting mists faded away,
And fled like a vision away.
Of uplands that told of the day;
For its light led to regions of day,
Till faster, and farther, and dimmer
The melting mists faded away,
And fled like a vision away.
And I gazed, and the planet had vanished;
For I stood in the Kingdom of Light—
In a kingdom of peace, and of light.
'Twas the lode-star of love that had banished
The somber, dead hues of the night—
The shapes of the kingdom of night.
For I stood in the Kingdom of Light—
In a kingdom of peace, and of light.
'Twas the lode-star of love that had banished
The somber, dead hues of the night—
The shapes of the kingdom of night.
Then She came in the dew of the morning
With soft hazel eyes tinged with shade—
With eyes tinged with tenderest shade,
And cheeks with faint flush like the dawning
Of May thro' some cool forest glade—
Like the dawn thro' some slumberous glade.
With soft hazel eyes tinged with shade—
With eyes tinged with tenderest shade,
And cheeks with faint flush like the dawning
Of May thro' some cool forest glade—
Like the dawn thro' some slumberous glade.
