The Bridge of Cloud

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow * Track #140 On The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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The Bridge of Cloud by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Burn, O evening hearth, and waken
&nbsp Pleasant visions, as of old!
Though the house by winds be shaken,
&nbsp Safe I keep this room of gold!

Ah, no longer wizard Fancy
&nbsp Builds her castles in the air,
Luring me by necromancy
&nbsp Up the never-ending stair!

But, instead, she builds me bridges
&nbsp Over many a dark ravine,
Where beneath the gusty ridges
&nbsp Cataracts dash and roar unseen.

And I cross them, little heeding
&nbsp Blast of wind or torrent's roar,
As I follow the receding
&nbsp Footsteps that have gone before.

Naught avails the imploring gesture,
&nbsp Naught avails the cry of pain!
When I touch the flying vesture,
&nbsp 'T is the gray robe of the rain.

Baffled I return, and, leaning
&nbsp O'er the parapets of cloud,
Watch the mist that intervening
&nbsp Wraps the valley in its shroud.

And the sounds of life ascending
&nbsp Faintly, vaguely, meet the ear,
Murmur of bells and voices blending
&nbsp With the rush of waters near.

Well I know what there lies hidden,
&nbsp Every tower and town and farm,
And again the land forbidden
&nbsp Reassumes its vanished charm.

Well I know the secret places,
&nbsp And the nests in hedge and tree;
At what doors are friendly faces,
&nbsp In what hearts are thoughts of me.

Through the mist and darkness sinking,
&nbsp Blown by wind and beaten by shower,
Down I fling the thought I'm thinking,
&nbsp Down I toss this Alpine flower.

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