The Poetical Works of the late Mrs Mary Robinson including many pieces never before published. In Three Volumes |
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SONNET. TO AMICUS. |
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SONNET. TO AMICUS.
When o'er the darken'd globe, the wings of night
Sprinkle soft dews, or fan the chilling wind;
The solitary lover, hid from sight,
On the bleak rock, sits mournfully reclin'd:
Sprinkle soft dews, or fan the chilling wind;
The solitary lover, hid from sight,
On the bleak rock, sits mournfully reclin'd:
Fix'd in the spells of melancholy thought,
Unmov'd, he hears the waves that dash below;
While his fond heart, with dire destruction fraught,
Feeds on the misery of ling'ring woe:
Unmov'd, he hears the waves that dash below;
While his fond heart, with dire destruction fraught,
Feeds on the misery of ling'ring woe:
But when the jocund day, above the hills
Lifts its bright crest, the murky shadows fly;
Hope's soothing voice his soul with rapture fills,
And checks the tear just trembling in his eye.
Lifts its bright crest, the murky shadows fly;
Hope's soothing voice his soul with rapture fills,
And checks the tear just trembling in his eye.
So the lov'd Muse, flies from the vapid throng,
Till charm'd, and waken'd, by thy dulcet song!
Till charm'd, and waken'd, by thy dulcet song!
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