Conversations introducing poetry chiefly on subjects of natural history. For the use of children and young persons. By Charlotte Smith |
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SONNET TO THE INSECT OF THE GOSSAMER. |
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SONNET TO THE INSECT OF THE GOSSAMER.
Small, viewless aeronaut, that by the lineOf Gossamer suspended, in mid air
Float'st on a sun-beam—Living atom, where
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In æther dost thou launch thy form minute,
Mocking the eye? Alas! before the veil
Of denser clouds shall hide thee, the pursuit
Of the keen Swift may end thy fairy sail!
Thus on the golden thread that Fancy weaves
Buoyant, as Hope's illusive flattery breathes,
The young and visionary Poet leaves
Life's dull realities, while sevenfold wreaths
Of rainbow light around his head revolve.
Ah! soon at Sorrow's touch the radiant dreams dissolve.
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