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ATLANTIS.
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As wind-brought wave she moved with undulate grace,
And all the goddess shone resplendent in her face!
And all the goddess shone resplendent in her face!
XV.
And wheresoe'er her feet did press the vales,
There snow-excelling asphodels did spring;
Her smile beholding, mild as are the gales
Of slumberous Iran grew the wreakful king;
Trident nor warring javelin might he fling,
But tuneful as celestial marriage-lyres
His rapturous song made all the æther ring,
Through azure spaces—far as Love aspires!
Abashed the ocean shrank and hushed its trembling choirs.
And wheresoe'er her feet did press the vales,
There snow-excelling asphodels did spring;
Her smile beholding, mild as are the gales
Of slumberous Iran grew the wreakful king;
Trident nor warring javelin might he fling,
But tuneful as celestial marriage-lyres
His rapturous song made all the æther ring,
Through azure spaces—far as Love aspires!
Abashed the ocean shrank and hushed its trembling choirs.
XVI.
"My bride," he sang, "the golden isle be ours!
From verge to verge its splendor shall exceed;
Its founts shall rise in youth-renewing showers,
Its blushful fruit undying lips shall feed.
Here Pan all day shall blow his river-reed,
All night shall oreads breathe their roundels sweet;
"My bride," he sang, "the golden isle be ours!
From verge to verge its splendor shall exceed;
Its founts shall rise in youth-renewing showers,
Its blushful fruit undying lips shall feed.
Here Pan all day shall blow his river-reed,
All night shall oreads breathe their roundels sweet;
