University of Virginia Library

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The attribution of this poem is questionable.

FRAGMENT.

Oppress'd by woe and angry care,
The child of sorrow and despair
Reverts to times, long since gone by,
The sunshine of prosperity;
And as remembrance points the bliss,
Sighs for the days that once were his.
So bleeds the heart, when sorrow's blight
Has nipt the flower of young delight,
When we contrast the present scene
With what our other days have been.
Then pleasure from her airy bowers,
Strewed on our steps her choicest flowers,
And bade the exulting soul arise
To vision'd bliss beyond the skies.

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Whilst we indulge the pleasing theme,
And rapturous view the fairy dream,
Should Recollection chance to glow,
Quick rise the scenes of pain and woe.
O then!—but close the mournful tale,
O drop the Grecian Painter's veil! [OMITTED]