Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
 |
|
A SIMILE. |
 | Occasional verse, moral and sacred |  |
123
A SIMILE.
As gleams the dog-star thro' yon cypress grove,And, as it shines, now briskly seems to move,
As glimmering rays dart sparkling from its eye,
And tempt the gazer to conceive it nigh:
[illeg.] thro' the glades of mental darkness gleams
[illeg.] mental light that apes the Syrian beams;
[illeg.] light call'd “Hope;” but ah! how distant far
The figur'd object, or the figuring star!
| Occasional verse, moral and sacred | |