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Show 92 Away, away-there is danger hereA terrible phantom is bending near ; Ghastly ancl sunken, his rayless eye Scowls on thy loYclin ess scornfu\ly- \Vith no l10~an lool\-with no human breath, He sta nds beside thee,-the haunter , DEATH! F ly! but, alas! he will follow thee still, Like a moonlight shadow, beyond thy will ; In thy noon~day walk-in thy JTiidnight sleep, Clo;e at thy hovel that phantom will keepStill on thine ear shall his whi~pcrs bcWo, that such phantom should follow thee! In the lighted hall where the dancers go, Like beautiful spirits, to and fro; When thy fair arms glance in the ir s tainless white, Like ivory bathed in still moonlight; And not one star in the holy sky Hath a clearer light than thine own blue eye ! 0\i, t!Jen-even then-he will follow thee , As the ripple follows the bark at sea; In the softened light-in the turning JanccHc will fix on thinP- his dend: cold glanc~- T he chill of his breath on thy cheek shall lin ger, And thy warm blood shrink from his icy fin ger! And ye t there is hope. Embrace it now, While thy soul is open as thy brow; While thy hea rt is fresh-while its feelings st ill Gush clear as the unsoiled mountain rill- 93 And thy s miles are free 'ts I . • Grcetin cr and bl . • t lC a1r.s of spr111g, o essmg each breath ing thing . When aft er cares of th n When the bud "IJall yl 'c shall come, ~ \\'It 1er b f · 'Vhen thy soul . . 1 e ore tis bloom , IS SIC { of the em t" And c hanrreful fash· f I P .mess o Jon o mman bliss. ~nd the weary torpor of bli • hted feel' ' \'er thy heart as ice is stealing- mg, T~en, wl~ e n thy spi rit is turned above By the mtld rebuke of the Cl . . ' ' When the hope of that . o . lfl stwn s l~re ; Which eye hath not J y Ill thy heart ls stirr'd, T . see n, nor ear hath heard- G HEN will th at jJhantom of d ar k ness be ' ladness and Promise and Bl' tss to th ee. |