The Poetical Works of Richard Monckton Milnes Lord Houghton
The Poetical Works of Richard Monckton Milnes Lord Houghton
Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron, 1809-1885
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She watched the crimson sun's decline, From some lone rock that fronts the sea,- " I would, O burning heart of mine, There were an ocean-rest for thee. " The thoughtful moon awaits her turn, The stars compose their choral crown, But those soft lights can never bum. Till once the fiery sun is down." * * My friend Lord Lyttelton has permitted me to insert his Latin trans lation of these lines. Glim virj^neum perdiderat decus £t laudem patriae (jussit amor) domCs : Jam tsedae periit gratia mutuae,... Eheu ! nee poterat mori ! At solo in scoptdo procubuit gemens. In lluctus roseum dum caderet jubar, Tmic ** Ah ! si, tacito sub pelagi sinu, Cordis flamma quiesceret ! " Sic lenis solitam Luna manet vicem, Innectimtque chorum sidera lucidum, Sed nox ut placidas instituat faces, Sol componitur igneus." Digitized by Google 96 POEMS OF SETNIMENT AND REFLECTION. 'Twould seem the world were large enough to hold Both me and thee : But now I find in space by thee controlled No room for me. We portioned all between us, as was fair ; That time is past ; And now I would recover my lost share, Which still thou hast.
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