Rough Sketches of Bath, and Other Poems By Thomas Bayly ... Fifth Edition, with Additions |
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A POET'S LICENCE. |
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A POET'S LICENCE.
You say my harp delights to dwell
On melancholy themes alone;
And you suspect the tales I tell
Must flow from sorrows of my own.
On melancholy themes alone;
And you suspect the tales I tell
Must flow from sorrows of my own.
But when a lover's griefs intrude,
Place not implicit faith on those;
A Poet's licence may include
Many imaginary woes.
Place not implicit faith on those;
A Poet's licence may include
Many imaginary woes.
Though love at times has power to vex,—
My roving heart is fix'd on none;
I've too much love for all the sex
To be accused of loving one.
My roving heart is fix'd on none;
I've too much love for all the sex
To be accused of loving one.
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