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SONG by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON

Poet Analysis

First Line: FLOW, FRESHLY FLOW
Last Line: AND LIGHTS ME TO MY LOVE!
Subject(s): LOVE;

FLOW, freshly flow,
Dark stream, below!
While stars grow light above:
By willowy banks, through lonely downs,
Past terraced walls in silent towns,
And bear me to my love!

Still, as we go,
Blow, gently blow,
Warm wind, and blithely move
These dreamy sails, that slowly glide, --
A shadow on the shining tide
That bears me to my love.

Fade, sweetly fade
In dewy shade
On lonely grange and grove,
O lingering day! and bring the night
Through all her milk-white mazes bright
That tremble o'er my love.

The sunset wanes
From twinkling panes.
Dim, misty myriads move
Down glimmering streets. One light I see --
One happy light, that shines for me,
And lights me to my love!



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