Poems Consisting Of Essays, Lyric, Elegiac, &c. By Thomas Dermody. Written between the 13th and 16th Year of his Age |
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SONNET,
TO THE RIGHT HON. LADY FITZGIBBON.
Sweet, fair, and young, in whose cælestial eye,Beams the mild fluid of the ev'ning-sky;
Meek, soft, and gentle, in whose rosy cheek,
The bashful blushes of the Morning break:
Learn'd, good, and great, in whose unbounded mind,
Dwells tender Worth, and Elegance refin'd.
Attend!—thy path with Spring's first bloom I strew,
And with the lilly pale, the myrtle knit,
One shews thy feeling soul, and one thy wit.—
O! may thy smile, the wither'd leaf renew,
Which pines, in mock'ry, on my aching brow!—
Give to the drooping bay it's native hue,
Bid the rich seeds of smother'd Fancy blow,
And wrest me from yon haggard dæmon!—Woe.
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