Poems (Sharpless)/Reconciliation

For works with similar titles, see Reconciliation.

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RECONCILIATION
What wondrous spell is over the night! No stars shine forth thro' the murky air,Yet my heart throbs high, and all earth looks bright;— I discover a glory everywhere.The sombre clouds are tinted for meWith a beauty no one else can see;Each sound that reaches my eager earBears a music that I alone can hear.
What witching spell hath come over the night! To stir my soul with so deep a bliss;No summer eve with its glowing light And western breeze, was e'er fair as this. ​The rain-drops seem kisses the wind blows freeAs it whispers a thousand dear thoughts to me:My blood runs warm, and my heart throbs high,Was never a maiden so happy as I.—
Two hours ago, when I stood just here, How lonely and cold was the wintry scene;I shrank from the chilling evening air, And sadly mused upon what had been;But now; what spell can be on the night;Such glamour entrances my charmed sight,That the earth beneath and the heavens aboveSeem to thrill with the tender pulses of Love.

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