Alfred H. Miles, ed. Women Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907.
By Love in Exile (Songs). I. Thou Walkest with MeMathilde Blind (18411896)
LORD TENNYSON.
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Of the hushed moon, high o’er a snowy hill,
Walks with the houseless traveller all the night,
When trees are tongueless and when mute the rill.
Moon of my soul, O phantasm of delight,
Thou walkest with me still.
In my soul’s sanctuary. Yea, still for thee
My bitter heart hath yearned, as moonward yearns
Each separate wave-pulse of the clamorous sea:
My Moon of love, to whom for ever turns
The life that aches through me.