Mirth and Metre consisting of Poems, Serious, Humorous, and Satirical; Songs, Sonnets, Ballads & Bagatelles. Written by C. Dibdin, Jun |
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HOPE.
A SONNET A-LA-MODE.
Sweet sympathizer of the sick'ning soul!
Hope! heav'nly harbinger of halcyon health!
Fair-ey'd inflator! critical controul!
Implicit idol of or woe or wealth!
Hope! heav'nly harbinger of halcyon health!
Fair-ey'd inflator! critical controul!
Implicit idol of or woe or wealth!
Essence of all the entity divine
Of buoyant emprize! Impulse sweet, remote,
Of pious breathing! in thy beams benign,
The more than many wavy phantoms float!
Of buoyant emprize! Impulse sweet, remote,
Of pious breathing! in thy beams benign,
The more than many wavy phantoms float!
Effulgent radiance! my susceptive sight,
With more than rapt solicitude of zeal,
Pursues the sweepy circuit of thy light,
Till not one nerve its transport can conceal;
With more than rapt solicitude of zeal,
Pursues the sweepy circuit of thy light,
Till not one nerve its transport can conceal;
Till all thy rays concentrate in my breast,
In all the exquisite annoy of rest!
In all the exquisite annoy of rest!
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