Fluctuations

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1. What though the Sun had left my sky;
2. To save me from despair
3. The blessed Moon arose on high,
4. And shone serenely there.
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6. I watched her, with a tearful gaze,
7. Rise slowly o'er the hill,
8. While through the dim horizon's haze
9. Her light gleamed faint and chill.
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11. I thought such wan and lifeless beams
12. Could ne'er my heart repay
13. For the bright sun's most transient gleams
14. That cheered me through the day:
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16. But, as above that mist's control
17. She rose, and brighter shone,
18. I felt her light upon my soul;
19. But now--that light is gone!
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21. Thick vapours snatched her from my sight,
22. And I was darkling left,
23. All in the cold and gloomy night,
24. Of light and hope bereft:
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26. Until, methought, a little star
27. Shone forth with trembling ray,
28. To cheer me with its light afar--
29. But that, too, passed away.
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31. Anon, an earthly meteor blazed
32. The gloomy darkness through;
33. I smiled, yet trembled while I gazed--
34. But that soon vanished too!
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36. And darker, drearier fell the night
37. Upon my spirit then;--
38. But what is that faint struggling light?
39. Is it the Moon again?
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41. Kind Heaven! increase that silvery gleam
42. And bid these clouds depart,
43. And let her soft celestial beam
44. Restore my fainting heart!
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50. SELECTIONS FROM THE LITERARY REMAINS OF ELLIS AND ACTON BELL.
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52. By Currer Bell