Poems Namely, The English Orator; An Address to Thomas Pennant Sonnets; An Epistle to a College Friend; and The Lock Transformed. With notes on The English Orator. By Mr. Polwhele |
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| 2. | SONNET the SECOND. On being prevented, by a sudden Shower, from meeting Laura.
Written 1782.
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SONNET the SECOND. On being prevented, by a sudden Shower, from meeting Laura. Written 1782.
Lo yonder Clouds in Envy lower,
And dark'ning, shade the golden Hour
In which, fond Hope with eager Eyes
View'd Sun-bright Streams, and azure Skies;
And sweet as Hebe's self portray'd,
To bless the Scene, a blooming Maid!
And dark'ning, shade the golden Hour
In which, fond Hope with eager Eyes
View'd Sun-bright Streams, and azure Skies;
And sweet as Hebe's self portray'd,
To bless the Scene, a blooming Maid!
But soon the Visions disappear
To airy Hope and Fancy dear!
And see how little can destroy
The Prospect vainly form'd for Joy;
When ah! the Gloom that frowns away
In wide Expanse the Orb of Day,
Can veil, my Laura, from the View
Thy fairer Orb of Beauty too!
To airy Hope and Fancy dear!
And see how little can destroy
The Prospect vainly form'd for Joy;
When ah! the Gloom that frowns away
In wide Expanse the Orb of Day,
Can veil, my Laura, from the View
Thy fairer Orb of Beauty too!
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