Poems Consisting Of Essays, Lyric, Elegiac, &c. By Thomas Dermody. Written between the 13th and 16th Year of his Age |
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TO SAMUEL WHYTE, Esq.
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TO SAMUEL WHYTE, Esq.
Gen'rous and candid, good without pretence,
Thy soul reflects a lustre on thy sense;
Skill'd, from the gem of Genius, unrefin'd,
T'extract such beams, as taste alone, can find;
Whose eagle-glance the latent glory spies,
And hails the wonder, with exultant eyes!
Thy soul reflects a lustre on thy sense;
Skill'd, from the gem of Genius, unrefin'd,
T'extract such beams, as taste alone, can find;
Whose eagle-glance the latent glory spies,
And hails the wonder, with exultant eyes!
Could aught my verse avail, thy worth sublime,
Should gild the darkness of my humble line;
Illumin'd thus, the song would learn to glow,
And borrow'd beams, superior light bestow,
Poor is this meed, but what the head denies,
The grateful heart, more amiably, supplies.
Should gild the darkness of my humble line;
Illumin'd thus, the song would learn to glow,
And borrow'd beams, superior light bestow,
Poor is this meed, but what the head denies,
The grateful heart, more amiably, supplies.
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