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A Reading of Life, with Other Poems
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By George Meredith 29 Nov, 2019
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The murmur hushes down, the veil is rent. Man’s cry, earth’s answer, heaven’s consent, Her form is given to pardoned sight, And lets our mortal eyes receive The sovereign loveliness of celestial white; Adored by them who solitarily pace, ... Read more
The murmur hushes down, the veil is rent. Man’s cry, earth’s answer, heaven’s consent, Her form is given to pardoned sight, And lets our mortal eyes receive The sovereign loveliness of celestial white; Adored by them who solitarily pace, p. 11In dusk of the underworld’s perpetual eve, The paths among the meadow asphodel, Remembering.  Never there her face Is planetary; reddens to shore sea-shell Around such whiteness the enamoured air Of noon that clothes her, never there. Daughter of light, the joyful light, She stands unveiled to nuptial sight, Sweet in her disregard of aid Divine to conquer or persuade. A fountain jets from moss; a flower Bends gently where her sunset tresses shower. By guerdon of her brilliance may be seen With eyelids unabashed the passion’s Queen. Less
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George Meredith
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George Meredith (Born in Portsmouth, The United Kingdom February 12, 1828 - Died May 18, 1909) was an English novelist and poet during the Victorian era. He read law and was articled as a solicitor, ...
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