Sidney Lanier - To Charlotte Cushman

Sidney Lanier - To Charlotte Cushman

Look where a three-point star shall weave his beam br Into the slumb'rous tissue of some stream, br Till his bright self o'er his bright copy seem br Fulfillment dropping on a come-true dream; br So in this night of art thy soul doth show br Her excellent double in the steadfast flow br Of wishing love that through men's hearts doth go: br At once thou shin'st above and shin'st below. br E'en when thou strivest there within Art's sky br (Each star must o'er a strenuous orbit fly), br Full calm thine image in our love doth lie, br A Motion glassed in a Tranquillity.


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Uploaded: 2014-11-07

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