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• In vain would science scan and trace Firmly her aspect. All the while, There gleams upon her far-off face A vague unfathomable smile.

  Alfred Austin

  Gleam, Faces, Vain

  Alfred Austin (1885). “At the Gate of the Convent: And Other Poems”

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• Tis true among fields and woods I sing, Aloof from cities--that my poor strains Were born, like the simple flowers you bring, In English meadows and English lanes.

  Alfred Austin

  Flower, Simple, Cities

  Alfred Austin (1896). “Days of the Year: A Poetic Calendar from the Works of A. Austin”

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• From sunny woof and cloudy weft Fell rain in sheets; so, to myself I hummed these hazard rhymes, and left The learned volume on the shelf.

  Alfred Austin

  Rain, Hazards, Sunny

  Alfred Austin (1885). “At the Gate of the Convent: And Other Poems”

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• Through the dripping weeks that follow One another slow, and soak Summer's extinguished fire and autumn's drifting smoke.

  Alfred Austin

  Summer, Autumn, Fire

  Alfred Austin (1896). “Days of the Year: A Poetic Calendar from the Works of A. Austin”

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• Faded smiles oft linger in the face, While grief's first flakes fall silent on the heart!

  Alfred Austin

  Grief, Fall, Heart

  Alfred Austin (1896). “Days of the Year: A Poetic Calendar from the Works of A. Austin”

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• The bright incarnate spirit of the Morn.

  Alfred Austin

  Morning, Spirit

  Alfred Austin (1873). “Madonna's child [a poem].”, p.7

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• Perhaps a maiden's bashfulness is more A matron's lesson than our lips aver.

  Alfred Austin

  Lessons, Lips, Maidens

  Alfred Austin (1873). “Madonna's child [a poem].”, p.7

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• Falling stars are high examples sent To warn, not lure. Gross fancy says they are Substantial meteors; but that is not so. They are the merest phantasies of Night, When she's asleep, and, dimly visited By past effects, she dreams of Lucifer Hurled out of Heaven.

  Alfred Austin

  Dream, Stars, Fall

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• When held up to the window pane, What fixed my baby stare? The glory of the glittering rain, And newness everywhere.

  Alfred Austin

  Baby, Rain, Window Panes

  Alfred Austin (1896). “Days of the Year: A Poetic Calendar from the Works of A. Austin”

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• We are all alike, and we love to keep passion aglow at our feet, Like one that sitteth in shade and complacently smiles at the heat.

  Alfred Austin

  Passion, Feet, Shade

  Alfred Austin, “A Woman’s Apology”

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• If Nature built by rule and square, Than man what wiser would she be? What wins us is her careless care, And sweet unpunctuality.

  Alfred Austin

  Sweet, Nature, Men

  Alfred Austin (1885). “At the Gate of the Convent: And Other Poems”

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• Doth Nature draw me, 'tis because, Unto my seeming, there doth lurk A lawlessness about her laws, More mood than purpose in her work.

  Alfred Austin

  Nature, Law, Purpose

  Alfred Austin (1885). “At the Gate of the Convent: And Other Poems”

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• Never did form more fairy thread the dance Than she who scours the hills to find it flowers; Never did sweeter lips chained ears entrance Than hers that move, true to its striking hours; No hands so white e'er decked the warrior's lance, As those which tend its lamp as darkness lours; And never since dear Christ expired for man, Had holy shrine so fair a sacristan.

  Alfred Austin

  Flower, Moving, Warrior

  Alfred Austin (1873). “Madonna's child [a poem].”, p.4

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