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Anna Seward (Анна Сьюард)


Sonnet 31. O, EVER DEAR! thy precious, vital powers


TO THE DEPARTING SPIRIT OF AN ALIENATED FRIEND.

O, EVER DEAR! thy precious, vital powers
    Sink rapidly!—the long and dreary Night
    Brings scarce an hope that Morn's returning light
    Shall dawn for THEE!—In such terrific hours,
When yearning Fondness eagerly devours
    Each moment of protracted life, his flight
    The Rashly-Chosen of thy heart has ta'en
    Where dances, songs, and theatres invite.
Expiring Sweetness! with indignant pain
    I see him in the scenes where laughing glide
    Pleasure's light Forms;—see his eyes gaily glow,
Regardless of thy life's fast ebbing tide;
    I hear him, who shou'd droop in silent woe,
    Declaim on Actors, and on Taste decide!



Anna Seward's other poems:
  1. Sonnet 75. He found her not;—yet much the Poet found
  2. Sonnet 77. O! hast thou seen a vernal Morning bright
  3. Sonnet 84. While one sere leaf, that parting Autumn gilds
  4. Sonnet 51. Hope comes to Youth, gliding thro' azure skies
  5. Sonnet 78. Sophia tempts me to her social walls


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