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ADDRESSED
TO THE
REV. THOMAS SEDGEWICK WHALLEY,
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The Poetical Works of Anna Seward | ||
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ADDRESSED TO THE REV. THOMAS SEDGEWICK WHALLEY,
ON LEAVING HIS SEAT, MENDIP LODGE, IN SOMERSETSHIRE,
OCT. 10TH, 1804.
Farewell, my friend! who 'mid thy Alpine bowers,
Hast sooth'd and cheer'd my soul, depress'd by woe!
Thine many a potent spell to wing the hours,
And in life's winter bid the spirit glow.
Hast sooth'd and cheer'd my soul, depress'd by woe!
Thine many a potent spell to wing the hours,
And in life's winter bid the spirit glow.
Yes, e'en tho' sorrow aid the frost of time,
To blight the forms of fancy as they rise,
Till all of Great, of Lovely, of Sublime,
Is view'd with tearful tho' admiring eyes.
To blight the forms of fancy as they rise,
Till all of Great, of Lovely, of Sublime,
Is view'd with tearful tho' admiring eyes.
High on thy mountain-eminence I stand,
Or range the lawny walk, that zones its brow,
See vales, and woods, and lesser hills expand,
As in a map, the verdant steeps below.
Or range the lawny walk, that zones its brow,
See vales, and woods, and lesser hills expand,
As in a map, the verdant steeps below.
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Pledges of life, see villas throng'd acquire
Sweet power to socialize the blooming plains;
Pledges of Life Eternal, many a spire
Turn to the orient sun their golden vanes.
Sweet power to socialize the blooming plains;
Pledges of Life Eternal, many a spire
Turn to the orient sun their golden vanes.
While yonder, stretching far its amber line,
Dividing England from the Cambrian strand,
Wide in the blush of morning glows the brine,
That bears our commerce to each distant land.
Dividing England from the Cambrian strand,
Wide in the blush of morning glows the brine,
That bears our commerce to each distant land.
These, seen from the full shades that crown thy hill,
Or from thy gay Veranda's light arcade,
With poignant transport must the bosom fill,
If peace and joy its secret sense pervade.
Or from thy gay Veranda's light arcade,
With poignant transport must the bosom fill,
If peace and joy its secret sense pervade.
On me the various landscape shines in vain,
Since the grave's iron slumber seals those eyes
Now, that must never view thy bright domain,
Or meet thy rays of genius as they rise;
Since the grave's iron slumber seals those eyes
Now, that must never view thy bright domain,
Or meet thy rays of genius as they rise;
Each generous kindness, worth without alloy,
Meet them, and blend with them congenial fires,
O! in that thought, my sensible of joy
Sinks in my breast, and ere it warms, expires.
Meet them, and blend with them congenial fires,
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Sinks in my breast, and ere it warms, expires.
Nor yet the Tuscan splendours of thy walls,
Where all of elegance and art unite
To charm the eye, that vanish'd sense recalls;—
No, not one spark of its extinguish'd light!
Where all of elegance and art unite
To charm the eye, that vanish'd sense recalls;—
No, not one spark of its extinguish'd light!
But when I see thee, Friend, thus high upraised
Above pale Envy's reach, on Fortune's shrine,
And when my eyes have on those blessings gazed
Which for thy heart the wreaths of comfort twine;
Above pale Envy's reach, on Fortune's shrine,
And when my eyes have on those blessings gazed
Which for thy heart the wreaths of comfort twine;
When all her soften'd emanations live
In the consoling sweetness of thy smiles,
Then from thy joys my joyless hours receive
Reflected peace, that transiently beguiles;
In the consoling sweetness of thy smiles,
Then from thy joys my joyless hours receive
Reflected peace, that transiently beguiles;
Beguiles to sweet forgetfulness the grief,
That dim in deprivation shrouds my heart;
Mine, while life still is mine, be that relief
A Friend's dear bliss now only can impart.
That dim in deprivation shrouds my heart;
Mine, while life still is mine, be that relief
A Friend's dear bliss now only can impart.
Long be thy gentle consort the mild light,
Shedding content o'er all thy waning days!
And may they stretch with long protracted flight,
And bear to Heaven thy grateful pious praise!
Shedding content o'er all thy waning days!
And may they stretch with long protracted flight,
And bear to Heaven thy grateful pious praise!
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And may Distemper's mist from thee and thine,
Thy lovely Frances, and thy faithful wife,
Fly, like the rain when Summer mornings shine,
Nor stain with one pale cloud thy eve of life!
Thy lovely Frances, and thy faithful wife,
Fly, like the rain when Summer mornings shine,
Nor stain with one pale cloud thy eve of life!
Edwy, farewell! to Lichfield's darken'd grove,
With aching heart, and rising sighs, I go,
Yet bear a grateful spirit as I rove
For all of thine which balm'd a cureless woe.
With aching heart, and rising sighs, I go,
Yet bear a grateful spirit as I rove
For all of thine which balm'd a cureless woe.
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