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53

SONNET.

[Fair golden star, that, on my onward road]

Fair golden star, that, on my onward road
Shin'st featly on the hills, and light'st the world,
Lest darkness here should make her sad abode,
And the brief world be to perdition hurl'd:
Despairing of the over-lighted day,
That now into the briny foam is gone;
O shine, fair star, and not withhold your ray
Till the bright Moon upon our path is shown:
The pallid Moon, that with her punctual love
Now harnesses her white and sable steeds,
To touch with silver ev'ry wood and grove,
To peer upon the dew-bespangled meads:
But come she when she may, your blissful light
Is dear to us, fair harbinger of Night!