In mystic prophecy of death and doom,—

Then dropped and splashed the sky with crimson spray and spume!

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[Pg 55]

EYES DIVINE

His eyes divine were shot with light

Like flashes in a northern night,

Magnetic gleam that wrought a spell

On whom its star-like shimmer fell—

A spell of wonder and delight;—

Enchantment such as gods excite

With glowing depths of chrysolite,

Or blooming beds of asphodel—

His eyes divine!

In metaphysics recondite,

In realms of verse by royal right

Of Genevieve and Christabel

The first upon the mystic shell;

And yet his greatest charm and might

Were eyes divine!

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