"In autumn evening from a poplar tree. Each like himself and like each other were At first; but some, distorted, seemed to be "Obscure clouds, moulded by the casual air; And of this stuff the car's creative ray Wrought all the busy phantoms that were there, "As the sun shapes the clouds. Thus on the way Mask after mask fell from the countenance And form of all; and, long before the day "Was old, the joy, which waked like heaven's glance The sleepers in the oblivious valley, died; "And fell, as I have fallen, by the wayside; Those soonest from whose forms most shadows passed, And least of strength and beauty did abide." 530 Each like himself, and each like other, were . . . Rossetti. 534 Wrought, Boscombe MS. || Wrapt, Mrs. Shelley, 1824. MINOR FRAGMENTS HOME DEAR home, thou scene of earliest hopes and joys, The least of which wronged Memory ever makes Bitterer than all thine unremembered tears. FRAGMENT OF A GHOST STORY A SHOVEL of his ashes took But Helen clung to her brother's arm, O MARY dear, TO MARY that you were here! With your brown eyes bright and clear, Home. Forman. Published by Garnett, 1862, dated 1816. Fragment of a Ghost Story. Forman. Published by Garnett, 1862, dated 1816. To Mary. Published by Mrs. Shelley, 1824, dated 1818. Of this azure Italy. Mary dear, come to me soon, O Mary dear, that you were here! TO MARY THE world is dreary, And I am weary Of wandering on without thee, Mary ; A joy was erewhile In thy voice and thy smile, And 'tis gone, when I should be gone too, Mary. TO MARY My dearest Mary, wherefore hast thou gone, To Mary. Published by Mrs. Shelley, 18392, dated 1819. 6 when where, Rossetti conj. To Mary. Published by Mrs. Shelley, 18392, dated 1819. |