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LIFE of Life! thy lips enkindle
With their love the breath between them;
And thy smiles before they dwindle
Make the cold air fire; then screen them
In those looks, where whoso gazes
Faints, entangled in their mazes.
Child of Light! thy limbs are burning
Thro' the vest which seeks to hide them;
As the radiant lines of morning / Thro' the clouds ere they divide them; / And this atmosphere divinest / Shrouds thee wheresoe'er thou shinest.
Fair are others; none beholds thee, / But thy voice sounds low and tender / Like the fairest, for it folds thee / From the sight, that liquid splendour, / And all feel, yet see thee never, / As I feel now, lost for ever!
Lamp of Earth! where'er thou movest / Its dim shapes are clad with brightness, / And the souls of whom thou lovest / Walk upon the winds with lightness, / Till they fail, as I am failing, / Dizzy, lost, yet unbewailing!