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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LINES WRITTEN FOR THE ALBUM AT ROSANNA, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: O, lighty tread through these deep chestnut bowers
Last Line: A spell to raise, to chasten, and to melt!
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Rosanna, Ireland
First Line: O, lighty tread through these deep chestnut bowers
Last Line: A spell to raise, to chasten, and to melt!
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Rosanna, Ireland
A beautiful place in the county of Wicklow, formerly the
the abode of the authoress of "Psyche" [Mrs. Tighe].
O, LIGHTLY tread through these deep chestnut bowers,
Where a sweet spirit once in beauty moved!
And touch with reverent hand these leaves and flowers, --
Fair things, which well a gentle heart hath loved!
A gentle heart, of love and grief the abode,
Whence the bright stream of song in tear-drops flowed.
And bid its memory sanctify the scene!
And let the ideal presence of the dead
Float round, and touch the woods with softer green,
And o'er the streams a charm, like moonlight, shed,
Through the soul's depths in holy silence felt, --
A spell to raise, to chasten, and to melt!
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