Hermione and other poems [electronic text]

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Hermione and other poems [electronic text]
Author
Sill, Edward Rowland, 1841-1887
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Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
1899
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"Hermione and other poems [electronic text]." In the digital collection American Verse Project. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BAP5349.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.

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SUMMER RAIN

I SAID: "Blue heaven" (Oh, it was beautiful!), "Send me a tent to shut me to myself: I am all lonely for my soul, that wanders Weary, bewildered, beckoned by thy depths; Thy white, round clouds, great bubbles of creamy snow; Thy luscious sunshine, like some ripe, gold fruit; Thy songs of birds, and wind warm with the flowers."
And there swept down (Oh, it was beautiful!) A tent of silver rain, that fell like a veil Shutting me in to think all quiet thoughts, And feel the vibrant thrill of shadowy wings

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That fluttered, checking their swift flight, and hear, Though with no syllable of earthly music, A voice of melody unutterable.
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