 | Young Arthur |  |
Reason resumes her empire—Brandon now,
Delighted, raises his dilated brow,
No more contracted by the cramp of care,
And all his features joy's subliming wear.
Again, too, Beauclerc smiles; his boy to find
Thaws the protracted winter of his mind.
Elate with pleasure, and abash'd by praise,
Ernest the whole with wondering doubt surveys;
Joy pours upon him, at an humble cost,
A peasant father, yet a lov'd one, lost;
A father found, ennobled in his name,
Fav'rite of fortune, and enroll'd by fame
A reverend grandsire, who in tender youth
His heart secur'd by training it to truth:
A blooming sister, who in brightness mov'd,
And equall'd only by the maid he lov'd;
The maid he lov'd with mutual love possess'd,
Hope told their union, and that union bless'd;
Full on him burst the splendor of delight,
His sense confounded, and confused his sight.
And now Sir Brandon Edith to his arms
Leads as a sister; sanctified, her charms
No more to Isabel and Ernest prove
A frowning barrier, and the foe of love;
Enclos'd, enclosing, each the other view'd
With graceful love, and wondering gratitude.
Delighted, raises his dilated brow,
No more contracted by the cramp of care,
And all his features joy's subliming wear.
Again, too, Beauclerc smiles; his boy to find
Thaws the protracted winter of his mind.
Elate with pleasure, and abash'd by praise,
Ernest the whole with wondering doubt surveys;
Joy pours upon him, at an humble cost,
A peasant father, yet a lov'd one, lost;
A father found, ennobled in his name,
Fav'rite of fortune, and enroll'd by fame
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His heart secur'd by training it to truth:
A blooming sister, who in brightness mov'd,
And equall'd only by the maid he lov'd;
The maid he lov'd with mutual love possess'd,
Hope told their union, and that union bless'd;
Full on him burst the splendor of delight,
His sense confounded, and confused his sight.
And now Sir Brandon Edith to his arms
Leads as a sister; sanctified, her charms
No more to Isabel and Ernest prove
A frowning barrier, and the foe of love;
Enclos'd, enclosing, each the other view'd
With graceful love, and wondering gratitude.
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