Poetical works of the late F. Sayers to which have been prefixed the connected disquisitions on the rise and progress of English poetry, and on English metres, and also some biographic particulars of the author, supplied by W. Taylor |
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TO THE GRASSHOPPER.
Ever-happy child of spring,On the summit of yon tree,
Sipping dew, thou sitt'st a king,
Chanting loud notes merrily;
Thine is all that nature yields,
All the smiling hours display;
Harmless tenant of the fields,
Safely pass thy frolic day;
Herald sure of summer skies,
Friend to man, to muses dear,
Phœbus' self to thee supplies
Sportive chirpings, shrill and clear;
Age to thee no terror bears,
Well-taught lover of the song,
Thy slender, dew-fed form no passion tears,
Thou earth-born brother of th' immortal throng!
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