Poems Namely, The English Orator; An Address to Thomas Pennant Sonnets; An Epistle to a College Friend; and The Lock Transformed. With notes on The English Orator. By Mr. Polwhele |
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SONNET the TENTH.
[View'd thro' this beauteous Vista, where the Bloom]
View'd thro' this beauteous Vista, where the BloomOf flowering Ash disparted to the Day,
Bade from the Cloud the Sun's emerging Ray
Some Moments past, my root-wove Seat illume,
And let the brighten'd Landscape thro' the Gloom,—
How many a pleasing Object pass'd away!
The dim Sail, while the Branches scarce gave Room
On the calm Wave its Glimmering to survey;
And, where fleet Shadows floated o'er the Lawn,
The scatter'd Sheep that cross'd my charmed Eye;
And near that Hill, its sidelong Mists withdrawn,
The Hawk that pounc'd to Earth—then hover'd high;
And yet more near, the little playful Fawn
Amid those silver Alders, frisking by!
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