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Sonnets by the Rev. Charles Strong

Second Edition
Strong, Charles (1784-1864)
  
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II. ON PRESENTING THE LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL WITH “SPECIMENS OF ITALIAN SONNETS WITH TRANSLATIONS.”
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XL. THE ROCK-WALK.
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XLIV. Psalm 119, v. 71.
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LIV. THE EVENING STAR.
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LV. BIRDIE.
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LVI. ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. HENRY ALFORD, M.A., FORMERLY FELLOW OF WADHAM COLLEGE, OXFORD.
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LVII. AFTER READING “EUSEBIUS,” B. V., CH. I.
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LXI. TO THE REV. W. R. DAWES, F.R.A.S.
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LXII. THE TWO GARDENS.
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LXVI. THE ARBOR VITÆ.
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LXVII. THE CLIMBING BOY AND PRIMROSES.
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LXX. THE FIRST LEAF OF THE ALBUM.
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LXXIV. MORETON CHURCH REPAIRED, 1847–8.
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LXXV. THE PRINCE OF WALES AT THE TOMB OF WASHINGTON.
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LXXVIII. TO THE REVEREND CHARLES STRONG.
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LXXIX. BEATRICE CENCI AND CHARLOTTE CORDAY.
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LXXX. TO MY DEAD PAROQUET.
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LXXXIV. THOMAS DRUMMOND, ESQ., FORMERLY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR IRELAND.
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LXXXV. ON THE APPEARANCE OF THE FIRST VOLUME OF “ARIOSTO.”
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LXXXVII. MISS HOLFORD, AUTHOR OF “WALLACE,” “MARGARET OF ANJOU,” AND OTHER POEMS.
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XX.

Chief splendour of the azure-vaulted sky;
Thou from thy golden urn the softest ray
Dost pour, refreshing the sun-wearied eye,
And lighting fancy on her dreamy way:
Bewildered in the beautiful display,
Methinks that thou, and all the stars on high,
For me alone usurp the throne of day,
So still and voiceless all earth's creatures lie:
Vain thought! how many commune with thee now,
On sleepless couch, from out the prison's gloom,
Amid lone wilds, and on the distant prow.
Thou soothest those who weep beside the tomb,
And fond hearts at thine altar breathe the vow,
Dazzled with hope, and blind to future doom.
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