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The palm—the vine—the cedar—each hath power To bid fair oriental shapes glance by, And each quick glistening of the laurel bower Waft Grecian images, o’er fancy’s eye: But thou, pale olive! in thy branches lie Far deeper spells than prophet grove of old Might e’er enshrine:—I could not hear thee sigh To the wind’s faintest whisper, nor behold One shiver of thy leaves’ dim silvery green, Without high thoughts and solemn of that scene When in the Garden the Redeemer prayed— When pale stars looked upon His fainting head, And angels, ministering in silent dread, Trembled, perchance, within thy trembling shade.
The palm—the vine—the cedar—each hath power To bid fair oriental shapes glance by, And each quick glistening of the laurel bower Waft Grecian images, o’er fancy’s eye: But thou, pale olive! in thy branches lie Far deeper spells than prophet grove of old Might e’er enshrine:—I could not hear thee sigh To the wind’s faintest whisper, nor behold One shiver of thy leaves’ dim silvery green, Without high thoughts and solemn of that scene When in the Garden the Redeemer prayed— When pale stars looked upon His fainting head, And angels, ministering in silent dread, Trembled, perchance, within thy trembling shade.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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Page 245 · printed citation: Hemans · subject: GARDEN—EDEN—GETHSEMANE
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