Sixty-Five Sonnets With Prefatory Remarks on the Accordance of the Sonnet with the Powers of the English Language: Also, A Few Miscellaneous Poems [by Thomas Doubleday] |
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[A smile will often join and stray] |
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[A smile will often join and stray]
A smile will often join and stray
With tear-drops o'er the saddest cheek;
A tear espouse at times the ray
That from the sunniest eye may break.
With tear-drops o'er the saddest cheek;
A tear espouse at times the ray
That from the sunniest eye may break.
Though showers be soft, and beams be bright,
Still more the plants enjoy the weather,
When, in a coy and milky light,
The beams and showers are mix'd together.
Still more the plants enjoy the weather,
When, in a coy and milky light,
The beams and showers are mix'd together.
From maiden's lids as they descend
To nurse love's bud each gives its power;
But when allied they fondly blend,
They nourish best the blissful flower.
To nurse love's bud each gives its power;
But when allied they fondly blend,
They nourish best the blissful flower.
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Such moments I the dearest prize;
And rapture seems to swim more near,
When I behold, in trembling eyes,
The marriage of the smile and tear.
And rapture seems to swim more near,
When I behold, in trembling eyes,
The marriage of the smile and tear.
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