Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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ON ------'S BIRTHDAY. |
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ON ------'S BIRTHDAY.
I fain would sing—I fain would hail this day,With something more than e'en the general joy,
But I must be content to bring the alloy
Of weakness in my tributary lay.
For still when feelings are most strong, the way
To express them is too oft most shy and coy,
As language from its burthen shrank—the annoy
Of this faint consciousness is mine—I pray
Thou wilt forgive such failure, nor refuse
To fancy—with thy Fancy fresh and young,
All I would say, could I command the muse
To aid the futile efforts of my tongue,
And thus most surely shall I gain—not lose—
My thoughts, so shadowed, shall be more than sung!
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