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The Jasmine Lyrics by George Whitefield Chadwick

A Flower Cycle

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The soft, warm night wind flutters
Up from the dim lagoon
While the timorous shadows hide them
From the red new-risen moon;
The scent of the jasmine lingers
Like a languorous pain divine
Till the night-moth reels in its fragrance
Drunken as if with wine
Oh, jasmine fair;
Oh, southern night most rare!
The warm air beats with passion
As some hot bosom throbs
While an amorous night-bird murmurs
As its bliss found vent in sobs;
The breath of the jasmine pulses
It comes and goes on the wind;
Could one climb o'er its lattice
What bliss might he not find!
Oh, jasminе blest;
What dreams of cradled rеst!
A spark from the casement flickers
And touches the jasmine's bloom
Till the blossoms glow like star gems
As they gleam in the fragrant gloom
I know not what breath from their chalice
Has 'stirred my soul like wine
Till I reel like the drunken night-moth
With love's keen pain divine
Oh, jasmine sweet
Why speeds the night so fleet?
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George Whitefield Chadwick

George Whitefield Chadwick

About “The Jasmine” by George Whitefield Chadwick

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"The Jasmine" appears on "A Flower Cycle".

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