BLOOMS OF THE BERRY.



                DISTANCE.
                      I.
I DREAMED last night once more I stood
    Knee-deep in purple clover leas;
  YVour old home glimmered thro' its wood
    Of dark and melancholy trees,
    Where ev'ry sudden summer breeze
  That wantoned o'er the solitude
  The water's melody pursued,
    And slk epy hummings of the bees.
                     II.
  And ankle-deep in violet blooms
    Methovght I saw you standing there,
  A lawny light among the glooms,
    A crown of sunlight on your hair;
    Wild songsters singing every where
  Made lightning with their glossy plumes;
  About ycu clung the wild perfumes
    And swooned along the shining air.
                     III.
  And then you called me, and my ears
    Grew fattered with the music, led
  Ir fancy sack to sweeter years,
     Far sweeter years that now are dead;
     And at your summons fast I sped,
  Buoyant JS one a goal who nears.
  Ah! lost, dead love! I woke in tears;
    For as I neared you farther fled!



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