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a roman street.
XV.
Diaphanous, with lucent leaves outspread,
And soft pale bloom as if the light and air
Their gentlest, tenderest hues had mingled there.
And soft pale bloom as if the light and air
Their gentlest, tenderest hues had mingled there.
XVI.
Its fair transparent beauty round it shed
A virgin consecration and a grace
As if a ray of God illumed the place.
A virgin consecration and a grace
As if a ray of God illumed the place.
XVII.
Docile to law divine this gracious bloom,
Profusely fragrant smiled; its being flowed
In mute unconscious sympathy with God.
Profusely fragrant smiled; its being flowed
In mute unconscious sympathy with God.
XVIII.
Though mean its birthplace and its home,
(I looked around) they could not mar nor shade
That azure breast as Heaven itself arrayed!
(I looked around) they could not mar nor shade
That azure breast as Heaven itself arrayed!
XIX.
Pliant, uncramped, unthwarted, fetterless,
Responsive to its Maker's will it grew,
And airs of Paradise around it blew.
Responsive to its Maker's will it grew,
And airs of Paradise around it blew.
