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ON THE OAK IN PENSHURST PARK,
Said to have been planted on the day which gave birth to the accomplished Sir Philip Sidney.
TO JOHN SIDNEY, ESQ.
Still peaceful flow the Medway's stream;
Still shed, bright sun! thine orient beam,
To gild its glossy breast;
For, Penshurst, on thy banks I view,
Where gallant Sidney, kind and true,
His love-sick tale confess'd.
Still shed, bright sun! thine orient beam,
To gild its glossy breast;
For, Penshurst, on thy banks I view,
Where gallant Sidney, kind and true,
His love-sick tale confess'd.
'Twas there, with pensive downcast mien,
Entranc'd, I wander'd o'er the green
Which once the hero trod;
Where oft he fram'd his gentle mind
To sing Arcadian love refin'd,
Reclining on the sod.
Entranc'd, I wander'd o'er the green
Which once the hero trod;
Where oft he fram'd his gentle mind
To sing Arcadian love refin'd,
Reclining on the sod.
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The hollow vet'ran oak I sought;
There fancy warm'd th' enraptur'd thought,
And Sidney seem'd to say:
“Kind youth! I thank thee for that sigh,
“Those tears that gem thy thoughtful eye;
“Yet speed thee hence away.
There fancy warm'd th' enraptur'd thought,
And Sidney seem'd to say:
“Kind youth! I thank thee for that sigh,
“Those tears that gem thy thoughtful eye;
“Yet speed thee hence away.
“Anon to yonder gate repair,
“A Sidney still inhabits there,
“Of noble mind possess'd;
“His partner owns the self-same glow,
“From her those gen'rous greetings flow
“That warm the feeling breast.”
“A Sidney still inhabits there,
“Of noble mind possess'd;
“His partner owns the self-same glow,
“From her those gen'rous greetings flow
“That warm the feeling breast.”
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