The Sylphs of the Seasons, with other poems

Allston, Washington (1779-1843)

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'Twas I on each enchanting scene
The charm bestow'd that banish'd spleen
Thy bosom pure and light.
But still a nobler power I claim;
That power allied to poets' fame,
Which language vain has dar'd to name—
The soul's creative might.

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