Poems Chiefly Written in Retirement, By John Thelwall; With Memoirs of the Life of the Author. Second Edition |
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Invocation to Poetry.
By Stella. 1793.
O, Poesy! enlivening pow'r!
Wilt thou accept my humble praise,
(Sweet soother of the lonely hour!)
Nor frown upon my artless lays?
Wilt thou accept my humble praise,
(Sweet soother of the lonely hour!)
Nor frown upon my artless lays?
When care and sorrow fill the breast,
'Tis thou canst pour the healing balm;
Or sooth the anxious soul to rest,
When Wrongs annoy, or Fears alarm.
'Tis thou canst pour the healing balm;
Or sooth the anxious soul to rest,
When Wrongs annoy, or Fears alarm.
'Tis thine to chace the gloomy thought,
The sullen frown, or glance severe:
By thee the indignant eye is taught
To shed the sympathising tear.
The sullen frown, or glance severe:
By thee the indignant eye is taught
To shed the sympathising tear.
May I thy soft, thy so thing pow'r,
In each distressing moment, hail!
Thou, who canst cheer the troubled hour,
When Wisdom's feebler efforts fail.
In each distressing moment, hail!
Thou, who canst cheer the troubled hour,
When Wisdom's feebler efforts fail.
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