Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (18331908). A Victorian Anthology, 18371895. 1895. |
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ATHWART the sky a lowly sigh | |
From west to east the sweet wind carried; | |
The sun stood still on Primrose Hill; | |
His light in all the city tarried; | |
The clouds on viewless columns bloomed | 5 |
Like smouldering lilies unconsumed. | |
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Oh sweetheart, see! How shadowy, | |
Of some occult magicians rearing, | |
Or swung in space of heavens grace | |
Dissolving, dimly reappearing, | 10 |
Afloat upon ethereal tides | |
St. Pauls above the city rides! | |
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A rumor broke through the thin smoke, | |
Enwreathing abbey, tower, and palace, | |
The parks, the squares, the thoroughfares, | 15 |
The million-peopled lanes and alleys, | |
An ever-muttering prisoned storm, | |
The heart of London beating warm. | |
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