THE ANGEL'S WING.
When by the evening's quiet light There ait two silent lovers, They say, while in such tranquil plight, An angel round them haven, And further itil!, old legend* tell— The first who breaks the ailtot spell, . To iay a eoft and pleasing thiof,. Hath felt the anf el'« passing wing. Thug a mueing rciastrel •timyed, By the lummer ooean, oazmg on a lovely maid, With a bard's devotion. Yet bin love he never cpoke, . Till now the silent spell he broke. The hidden fire to Same did spring, Fanned by the angel's wing. "I have loved thee well and loag, , With love of heaven's own aMMOf! This is not a poet's song; - . .. %. But a tr«A liMrt jipMking; ' ■■"-. I will loveihee, stiU uatired !" He felt, he spoke, as one inspired, r The words did from Truth's fountain spring, s Upwakened by the angel's wing ; Silence o'er the maiden fell, Her beauty lovelier making; And by her blush he kuew full well The dawn of love was breaking. It came like sunshine o'er his heart! He felt that they should never part. She spoke—and oh ! the loving thing Had felt the angel's wing! Bahobi Lovn.
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3993, 15 October 1881, Page 1
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196THE ANGEL'S WING. Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3993, 15 October 1881, Page 1
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