The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed With a Memoir by the Rev. Derwent Coleridge. Fourth Edition. In Two Volumes |
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SONNET TO R. C. HILDYARD.
Profit and praise attend you, wheresoe'erYou charm the country, or amaze the town,
With flow of argument, and flow of gown!
I will not here forget you; but will spare,
Amidst my tranquil joys, a wish and prayer
That you may win quick riches, high renown,—
Hereafter, better gifts—more like my own!
O kindest found, when kindness was most rare!
When I recall the days of hope and fear
In which I first dared call my Helen mine,
Or the sweet hour when first upon my ear
Broke the shrill cry of little Adeline,
The memory of your friendship, Friend sincere,
Among such memories grateful I entwine.
October 15, 1836.
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