Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, Volume 2

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A compact collection of short lyrical poems that meditate on memory, seasonal change, love, and the natural world. Many pieces adopt an elegiac or contemplative tone, turning riverbanks, cliffs, gardens, and the sea into prompts for reflection on loss, longing, and the persistence of feeling. The verse mixes concise narrative moments, personified elements, and formal lyrical rhythms, producing musical and measured language. Poems are presented in grouped sections alongside newly gathered pieces and editorial notes, yielding a varied sequence of brief, reflective lyrics and conversational vignettes.

11

Love on my heart from heaven fell,

Soft as the dew on flowers of spring,

Sweet as the hidden drops that swell

Their honey-throated chalicing.

Now never from him do I part,

Hosanna evermore I cry:

I taste his savour in my heart,

And bid all praise him as do I.

Without him noughtsoever is,

Nor was afore, nor e’er shall be:

Nor any other joy than his

Wish I for mine to comfort me.