'Tis thy Spirit calls thee-come away!
I have sought thee through the weary day,
I have dived in the glassy stream for thee-
I have gone wherever a spirit might be:
In the earth, where di'monds hide,
In the deep, where pearls abide,
In the air, where rainbows, glancing gay,
Smile the tears of the sun away,
I have wandered; 'mid the starry zone,
Through a world by spirits only known,
Where 'tis bliss to sail in that balmy air;
But to me 'twas joyless till thou wert there.
I traced the footsteps of the fawn
As it bounded over the dewy lawn;
For the print it left was so light and fair,
I deem'd thy step had linger'd there.
I heard a sound of melody-
Sad and sweet as thy tender sigh;
'Twas the night-bird's tone, but it smote my ear,
For I thought thy own soft voice to hear.
I see a form-it is gliding on,
Like a cloud that sails in the sky alone,
And the stars gleam through its veil of white-
Oh! can it be aught of earth, so bright:
It beckons me on to my airy home-
My own lov'd spirit!-I come! I come!
Spirit's Song
Louisa Stuart Costello
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