Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG (3), by GEORGE MEREDITH


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First Line: Thou to me art such a spring
Last Line: Lightens thro' his veins, and he is gone!
Subject(s): Love; Night; Bedtime


THOU to me art such a spring
As the Arab seeks at eve,
Thirsty from the shining sands;
There to bathe his face and hands,
While the sun is taking leave,
And dewy sleep is a delicious thing.

Thou to me art such a dream
As he dreams upon the grass,
While the bubbling coolness near
Makes sweet music in his ear;
And the stars that slowly pass
In solitary grandeur o'er him gleam.

Thou to me art such a dawn
As the dawn whose ruddy kiss
Wakes him to his darling steed;
And again the desert speed,
And again the desert bliss,
Lightens thro' his veins, and he is gone!





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