The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed With a Memoir by the Rev. Derwent Coleridge. Fourth Edition. In Two Volumes |
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SENT IN THANKS FOR A BOTTLE OF VERY FINE OLD BRANDY.
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LINES SENT IN THANKS FOR A BOTTLE OF VERY FINE OLD BRANDY.
WRITTEN FOR LADY C---.
Spirits there were, in olden time,
Which wrought all sorts of wondrous things
(As we are told in prose and rhyme)
With wands and potions, lamps and rings;
I know not, Lady fair,—do you?—
Whether those tales be false or true.
Which wrought all sorts of wondrous things
(As we are told in prose and rhyme)
With wands and potions, lamps and rings;
I know not, Lady fair,—do you?—
Whether those tales be false or true.
But in our day—our dismal day
Of sadder song and soberer mirth.
If any spirits ever play
Upon the faded fields of earth,
Whose magic, Lady fair, can fling
O'er winter's frosts the flowers of spring,—
Of sadder song and soberer mirth.
If any spirits ever play
Upon the faded fields of earth,
Whose magic, Lady fair, can fling
O'er winter's frosts the flowers of spring,—
If any spirits haunt our Isle
Whose power can make old age look gay,
Revive the tone, relume the smile,
And chase three score of years away,—
Such spirits, Lady fair, must be
Like those your kindness sends to me!
Whose power can make old age look gay,
Revive the tone, relume the smile,
And chase three score of years away,—
Such spirits, Lady fair, must be
Like those your kindness sends to me!
May 2, 1829.
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