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 | Sonnets by the Rev. Charles Strong |  |
II. ON PRESENTING THE LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL WITH “SPECIMENS OF ITALIAN SONNETS WITH TRANSLATIONS.”
Among the titles which thy worth commend
To Fame's bright record, and the World's esteem,
First to the grateful Muse, and dearest, seem
The gifted Scholar and the Patron-friend:
To Fame's bright record, and the World's esteem,
First to the grateful Muse, and dearest, seem
The gifted Scholar and the Patron-friend:
'Tis thus invoked she woos thee to suspend
All graver cares, and, by the Tuscan stream,
In shades romantic wrapt, indulge the dream,
Which to their votary's prayer the Sisters lend.
All graver cares, and, by the Tuscan stream,
In shades romantic wrapt, indulge the dream,
Which to their votary's prayer the Sisters lend.
Scipio and Lælius, as pleased Marcus tells,
Would oft, when Senates closed, the hours beguile,
Pacing the yellow sands in quest of shells.
Would oft, when Senates closed, the hours beguile,
Pacing the yellow sands in quest of shells.
Now England's course is smooth, and no cloud lowers,
Quit, noble Harrowby, the helm awhile,
And stoop to Poesy's minuter flowers.
Quit, noble Harrowby, the helm awhile,
And stoop to Poesy's minuter flowers.
| Sonnets by the Rev. Charles Strong | |