Juvenilia or, A collection of poems. Written between the ages of twelve and seventeen, by J. H. L. Hunt ... Fourth Edition |
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SONNET. ON THE SICKNESS OF ELIZA.
Low on the bed of sickness, pale, and weak,
Ah, Pity! see the soft Eliza lie,
While still Consumption, o'er her mournful cheek,
Trails his lank form, and saddens in her eye.
Ah, Pity! see the soft Eliza lie,
While still Consumption, o'er her mournful cheek,
Trails his lank form, and saddens in her eye.
So twining hideous thro' the rose-bed fair,
The long, lean lizard, drags his slimy way;
While on the bosom of the pitying air,
It breathes the dying fragrance of decay.
The long, lean lizard, drags his slimy way;
While on the bosom of the pitying air,
It breathes the dying fragrance of decay.
Those beauteous lips, where health impurpled bright,
Those lips, where melody in nectar hung,
Those lips, how fade they from the ravish'd sight,
Pale the warm glow, and hush'd the warbling tongue;
Ah, when again shall wake their gentle song,
That charm'd this ear, and thrill'd this heart so long!
Those lips, where melody in nectar hung,
Those lips, how fade they from the ravish'd sight,
Pale the warm glow, and hush'd the warbling tongue;
Ah, when again shall wake their gentle song,
That charm'd this ear, and thrill'd this heart so long!
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