V

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of Fatima

And from beyond the noon a fire

Is pour'd upon the hills, and nigher

The skies stoop down in their desire;


And, isled in sudden seas of light,

      My heart, pierced thro' with fierce delight,

      Bursts into blossom in his sight.

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