Sonnets written chiefly during a tour through Holland, Germany, Italy, Turkey, and Hungary. By Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley |
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INEZ TO MANUEL.
Ah! agony! to wish the heart away,Without one dream of hope, one thought of power.
Oh! agony! to learn still, hour by hour,
New mysteries of the old grief!—not that her sway
Is varied, but that day still after day
Our eyes more open, as we crouch and cower
To our own heavy state, while darkly lower
Her stern clouds round us! we, their helpless prey!—
Such is my doom! no moment but doth show
Some yet undreamt-of depth of my despair.
I am a Student in the School of woe—
Pupil in the Philosophy of care!—
My tears for ever fall in bitterer flow,
While to my fresh distress, my past seems light as air!
Constantinople.
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