Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TENDER MOODS, by JAMES HERVEY HYSLOP


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First Line: Watching by the river where the lilies blow
Last Line: With the sublime and sacred light of truth.
Subject(s): Life; Love; Singing & Singers; Youth; Songs


WATCHING by the river where the lilies blow,
Singing songs of joyous music all aglow,
Trilling voices in the woodland's shady realms,
Waiting for the bliss that always overwhelms.

We wander hand in hand, our souls agleam
With sterling radiance from a moonlight beam,
And gather from the stars the sacred light
That lumes in milder sheen the shades of night.

The afterglow of peace and joy in life,
That hallowed all the worthy fields of strife,
Had stilled the passions with the sombre hue
Of duty, gracing all that to the soul is due.

For man will linger in the golden glow
Of twilight, and the touch of Cupid's bow,
To gain the radiant and the splendid bliss
That follows from a maiden's heart and kiss.

For all his happiness, the prize of love,
Will only come from hands divine above,
And color all the scenes of age and youth
With the sublime and sacred light of truth.





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