Nugae Canorae Poems by Charles Lloyd ... Third Edition, with Additions |
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| II. | SONNET II.
TO A PRIMROSE. |
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SONNET II. TO A PRIMROSE.
1795.
Come, simple floweret of the paly leaf!
With yellow eye, and stalk of downy green,
Though mild thy lustre, though thy days are brief,
Oh, come and decorate my cottage scene!
For thee, I'll rear a bank where softest moss,
And tenderest grass shall carelessly combine;
No haughty flower shall shine in gaudy gloss,
But azure violets mix their buds with thine.
Far, far away, each keener wind shall fly,
Each threatening tempest of the early year!
Thy fostering gale shall be the lover's sigh!
The dew that gems thy bud the lover's tear!
And ere thou diest, pale flower, thou'lt gain the praise
To have soothed the bard, and to have inspir'd his lays.
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