Anna Seward (Анна Сьюард)

Sonnet 50. In every breast Affection fires, there dwells

In every breast Affection fires, there dwells
    A secret consciousness to what degree
    They are themselves belov'd.—We hourly see
    Th' involuntary proof, that either quells,
Or ought to quell false hopes,—or sets us free
    From pain'd distrust;—but, O, the misery!
    Weak Self-Delusion timidly repels
    The lights obtrusive—shrinks from all that tells
Unwelcome truths, and vainly seeks repose
    For startled Fondness, in the opiate balm,
    Of kind profession, tho', perchance, it flows
To hush Complaint—O! in Belief's clear calm,
    Or 'mid the lurid clouds of Doubt, we find
    Love rise the Sun, or Comet of the Mind.

1. Sonnet 83. Here, from laborious Art, proud Towns, ye rose!
2. Sonnet 86. Pride of Ierne's Sea-encircled bound
3. Sonnet 31. O, EVER DEAR! thy precious, vital powers
4. Sonnet 9. Seek not, my Lesbia, the sequester'd dale
5. Sonnet 4. And now the youthful, gay, capricious Spring

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