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Gifts of Genius; A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry
Gifts of Genius A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry Author:Samuel Osgood General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1859 Original Publisher: Printed for C.A. Davenport Subjects: American literature Gift books Gift-books (Annuals, etc.) Literary Collections / American / General Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / American / General Literary Criticism / American /... more » African American Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: ON RECEIVING A PRIVATELY PRINTED VOLUME OF POEMS FROM A FRIEND. BY THOMAS BUCHANAN READ. A Modest bud matured mid secret dews, May yield its bloom beside some hidden path, Full of sweet perfumes and of rarest hues While few may note the beauty which it hath -- And yet perchance some maiden, wandering there, May bend beside it with a loving look, Or by the streamlet place it in her hair; And smile above her image in the brook. A bird with pinions beautiful, and shy, May sing scarce noted mid the noisier throng; Or 'scaping earth, take refuge in the sky And though concealed still charm the air with song. Yet haply some enamored ear may hark, And deem it sweetest of the birds that sing; Or in his heart still praise the unseen lark That leads his fancies toward its heavenward wing. A star in some sequestered nook on high, In its deep niche of blue may calmly shine, While careless eyes that wander o'er the sky, May only deem the brightest orbs divine. But there are those who love to sit and trace Between all these some shy retiring light, For such, they know, shed through the veil of space The general halo that adorns the night. Thus many a poet's volume unproclaimed By all the myriad tongues of Fame afar, The few may deem as worthy to be named, (As I do this) a Flower, a Bird, a Sta...« less