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Stanza, Written at Bracknell

Thy dewy looks sink in my breast;Thy gentle words stir poison there;Thou hast disturbed the only restThat was the portion of despair!Subdued to Duty’s hard control,I could have borne my wayward lot:The chains that bind this ruined soulHad cankered then—but…

Stanza

If I walk in Autumn’s evenWhile the dead leaves pass,If I look on Spring’s soft heaven,—Something is not there which wasWinter’s wondrous frost and snow,Summer’s clouds, where are they now?

St. Irvyne’s Tower

I.How swiftly through Heaven’s wide expanseBright day’s resplendent colours fade!How sweetly does the moonbeam’s glanceWith silver tint St. Irvyne’s glade! II.No cloud along the spangled air,Is borne upon the evening breeze;How solemn is the scene! how fairThe moonbeams rest upon…

Sonnet: Political Greatness

Nor happiness, nor majesty, nor fame,Nor peace, nor strength, nor skill in arms or arts,Shepherd those herds whom tyranny makes tame;Verse echoes not one beating of their hearts,History is but the shadow of their shame,Art veils her glass, or from…

Sonnet: England in 1819

An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king,—Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flowThrough public scorn,—mud from a muddy spring,—Rulers who neither see, nor feel, nor know,But leech-like to their fainting country cling,Till they drop, blind in blood,…

Sonnet to Byron

[I am afraid these verses will not please you, but] If I esteemed you less, Envy would killPleasure, and leave to Wonder and DespairThe ministration of the thoughts that fillThe mind which, like a worm whose life may shareA portion…

Sonnet: To a Balloon Laden with Knowledge

Bright ball of flame that through the gloom of evenSilently takest thine aethereal way,And with surpassing glory dimm’st each rayTwinkling amid the dark blue depths of Heaven,—Unlike the fire thou bearest, soon shalt thouFade like a meteor in surrounding gloom,Whilst…