CLARIBEL A MELODY. 1. WHERE Claribel low-lieth The breezes pause and die, Letting the rose-leaves fall : But the solemn oak-tree sigheth, Thick-leaved, ambrosial, Of an inward agony, 2. At eve the beetle boometh Athwart the thicket lone: At noon the wild bee hummeth About the moss'd headstone: At midnight the moon cometh, And looketh down alone. Her song the lintwhite swelleth, The clear-voiced mavis dwelleth, The callow throstle lispeth, The slumbrous wave outwelleth, The babbling runnel crispetin, The hollow grot replieth Where Claribel low-lieth. 1 LILIAN. Airy, fairy Lilian, Flitting, fairy Lilian, Laughing all she can ; Cruel little Lilian. When my passion seeks Pleasance in love-sighs, Smiling, never speaks : Glancing with black-beaded eyes, The baby-roses in her cheeks ; she flies. Prythee weep, May Lilian! Gayety without eclipse When from crimson-threaded lips Prythee weep, May Lilian. Praying all I can, will not hush thee, Fairy Lilian. ISABEL. 1. With the clear-pointed flame of chastity, Pure vestal thoughts in the translucent fane |