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Lake
Lyrics and Other Poems
by
William Wilfred Campbell
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VAPOR
AND BLUE
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Domed
with the azure of heaven,
Floored with a pavement
of pearl,
Clothed all about with a brightness
Soft as the eyes of a girl,
Girt with a magical girdle,
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Rimmed
with a vapor of rest—
These are the inland waters,
These are the lakes of the
west.
Voices of slumberous music,
Spirits of mist and of
flame,
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Moonlit
memories left here
By gods who long ago came,
And vanishing left but an echo
In silence of moon-dim
caves,
Where haze-wrapt the August night slumbers,
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the wild heart of October raves.
Here where the jewels of nature
Are set in the light of
God’s smile;
Far from the world’s wild throbbing,
I will stay me and rest
me awhile.
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And store in my heart old music,
Melodies gathered and sung
By the genies of love and of beauty
When the heart of the world
was young. |
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