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Intermediate Poetry-=Fi~~t
Will 0~'~ The Wi:sp
A shining comet of the night
Dip:"; nO'I!f into the w'illows <J we.ste9
F1ies9 • flickers 9 d&rt~9 first here9 then there, My lovely mistre~s of. the ai~ =
A maiden pure and chasteo
The moon in coldness send~ heJr light9 Her icy eye well known in !long,
She9 too~ ~ ~idefi = unlike ndnej Though more~ & goddes~, not as fine = Invades the earth too longo
The nymph I lo·ITe9 ~larrued to flight~ 1'~inkling, d~neing9 through the gloaming9 LeaYe~ the night f'Ol" the godde~"3S9 moQn~ For, darkling out her light too soon11 Hides9 and cetHses ros.mlngQ .·
The rose=bud pet<!ls hold her tight,
A fi!l.iry i.n her' bed9 shew~ calm
TJntily when called a:.t ewe, her ~pirit Nom&dic turns, at once appears9 it Flutter!! forever ono
Helen Elliot, XlA