Poems (Hooper)/The Water-Lily
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THE WATER-LILY.
Die stille Wasserrose.
The beauteous water-lily
Floats on the azure stream;
Around her snow-white calyx
Glisten the leaves and gleam.
Floats on the azure stream;
Around her snow-white calyx
Glisten the leaves and gleam.
The moon pours down from heaven
A flood of golden light;
Pours down its fairest moonbeams
Into her bosom white.
A flood of golden light;
Pours down its fairest moonbeams
Into her bosom white.
Circling around the flower
A fair white swan doth go;
He looks upon the lily,
And singeth soft and low.
A fair white swan doth go;
He looks upon the lily,
And singeth soft and low.
So soft and sweet he singeth,
The while he glides along,
O lily, snow-white lily,
Canst understand his song?
Geibel.
The while he glides along,
O lily, snow-white lily,
Canst understand his song?
Geibel.