Works of the Hon. and Very Rev. William Herbert ... Excepting those on botany and natural history. With additions and corrections by the author |
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 | Works of the Hon. and Very Rev. William Herbert |  |
STANZAS.
1799.
From all the sweets, that scent the vernal air,
All, that on nature's gaudy lap repose,
This humble flower the modest virgin chose,
Pure, as herself, and delicately fair.
Sweet emblem of the maiden most admired,
Thee earliest of the year, some stream along,
Where the lone blackbird trills his mellow song,
My strains shall cherish, by thy sight inspired!
As I behold thee, fancy views her face,
Where all the loveliest charms of nature vie;
The bashful look that shuns the adoring eye;
The untaught elegance, and simple grace;
Still I behold that rosy smiling mouth;
Those eyes with feeling exquisitely bright,
With tender thoughts and innocent delight;
That bosom glowing with the light of youth.
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Where no refinement taints the breath of spring,
Thou lovest the genial South-wind's gentle wing,
And peaceful airs bedew thy modest head.
There, shelter'd from the sun and vernal hail,
The fresh stream nursed thee and the willow's shade;
Now softly on that fairest bosom laid
No cares molest thee, and no fears assail.
O! could the troubled mind such calmness prove
In social confidence securely bless'd,
The smile of joy would lull each care to rest,
And bind us to the tranquil breast of love.
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