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on a picture.
Rather weigh thy taper pale
With the light by Luna given;
Will the heaven-ray turn the scale?
Will the earth-lamp rise to heaven?
With the light by Luna given;
Will the heaven-ray turn the scale?
Will the earth-lamp rise to heaven?
Love,—ethereal, holy Love!
Buoyant, joyous, proud, and free,
Maiden, see! he soars above
Worldly Pride and Vanity!
Buoyant, joyous, proud, and free,
Maiden, see! he soars above
Worldly Pride and Vanity!
Rightly to its native earth
Sinks the gilded insect-fly;
Love—of holier, heavenlier birth—
Rises tow'rds his home on high!
Sinks the gilded insect-fly;
Love—of holier, heavenlier birth—
Rises tow'rds his home on high!
Maiden! throw the scales away,
Never weigh poor Love again;
Let his pinions freely play,
Bind him not with vassal-chain!
Never weigh poor Love again;
Let his pinions freely play,
Bind him not with vassal-chain!
See! he lifts his wondering eye
Half reproachfully to thee;—
Measured with a butterfly!
I'd take wing if I were he!
Half reproachfully to thee;—
Measured with a butterfly!
I'd take wing if I were he!
