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 NIGHT.
I
The Scene is still, an awful pause ensues,Save, when the chill wind shakes the rustling spray,
Blank Darkness taints the landscape's vary'd hues;
And Nature seems to mourn the Death of Day.
II
The glimm'ring Stars, faint vigils keep above,The pale ey'd Moon, in pensive pomp, presides;
Slowly, the clouds their silvery fleeces move;
And the tall Copses nod, and float in vernal tides.
III
Now, gentle Night! my aching bosom balm,Drop thy enliv'ning dews upon my breast,
Bid that wild spot, like all around, be calm;
And lull the warring passions wild, to rest.
IV
O! for one heav'nly trance, to waft my soul,From this vain toiling world of want, and woe,
To see the elements sublimely roll;
And step o'er globes, that mock our globe below.
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