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SONNET XLVI.
[“Why should'st thou ever strike the mournful string?”]
1st Oct. 1807.
“Why should'st thou ever strike the mournful string?”
The world will say. Because that string repeats
A tale responsive to my soul, that cheats
My inward grief, by outward sounds that bring
Brief alienation. Thus for those I sing
Whose kindred thoughts on kindred themes may range;
Whom no extreme transition could estrange
From secret disappointment's festering sting.
Better t' associate powers of thought with woe,
To dress her in the scanty remnants left
Of fancy, grace, and beauty, than bereft
Of all alleviation, bid her go,—
As inadmissible to claim a share
In sympathy,—to madness and despair.
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