Vainly my heart had with thy sorceries striven:
It had no refuge from thy love—no Heaven
But in thy fatal presence;—from afar
It owned thy power and trembled like a star
O'erfraught with light and splendor. Could I deem
How dark a shadow should obscure its beam?—
Could I believe that pain could ever dwell
Where thy bright presence cast its blissful spell?
Thou wert my proud palladium;—could I fear
The avenging Destinies when thou wert near?—
Thou wert my Destiny—thy song, thy fame,
The wild enchantments clustering round thy name,
Were my soul's heritage—its royal dower;—
Its glory and its kingdom and its power!