Bells and Other Poems

<h2><i><SPAN name="EULALIE"></SPAN>EULALIE&mdash;A SONG</i></h2> <p class="poem"> <span class="ind65">I dwelt alone</span><br/> <span class="ind65">In a world of moan,</span><br/> <span class="ind15">And my soul was a stagnant tide,</span><br/> Till the fair and gentle Eulalie became my blushing bride&mdash;<br/> Till the yellow-haired young Eulalie became my smiling bride.<br/> <br/> <span class="ind65">Ah, less&mdash;less bright</span><br/> <span class="ind65">The stars of the night</span><br/> <span class="ind15">Than the eyes of the radiant girl!</span><br/> <span class="ind65">And never a flake</span><br/> <span class="ind65">That the vapour can make</span><br/> <span class="ind15">With the moon-tints of purple and pearl,</span><br/> Can vie with the modest Eulalie's most unregarded curl&mdash;<br/> Can compare with the bright-eyed Eulalie’s most humble and careless curl.<br/> <br/> <span class="ind65">Now doubt&mdash;now Pain</span><br/> <span class="ind65">Come never again,</span><br/> <span class="ind15">For her soul gives me sigh for sigh,</span><br/> <span class="ind65">And all day long</span><br/> <span class="ind65">Shines, bright and strong,</span><br/> <span class="ind15">Astarté within the sky,</span><br/> While ever to her dear Eulalie upturns her matron eye&mdash;<br/> While ever to her young Eulalie upturns her violet eye.<br/></p> <hr class="r65" /> <div class="plate"> <SPAN name="pl04"></SPAN><SPAN href="images/large/pl04.jpg"><ANTIMG src="images/pl04.jpg" alt="" /></SPAN></div> <p class="caption">Annabel Lee</p> <hr class="r15" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />