Anna Seward (Анна Сьюард)

Sonnet 12. Chill'd by unkind Honora's alter'd eye

Chill'd by unkind Honora's alter'd eye,
    “Why droops my heart with fruitless woes forlorn,”
    Thankless for much of good?—what thousands, born
    To ceaseless toil beneath this wintry sky,
Or to brave deathful Oceans surging high,
    Or fell Disease's fever'd rage to mourn,
    How blest to them wou'd seem my destiny!
    How dear the comforts my rash sorrows scorn!—
Affection is repaid by causeless hate!
    A plighted love is chang'd to cold disdain!
    Yet suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate,
But turn, my Soul, to blessings which remain;
    And let this truth the wise resolve create,
    The Heart estranged no anguish can regain.

1. Sonnet 25. Fortunate Vale! exulting Hill! dear Plain!
2. Sonnet 2. The Future, and its gifts, alone we prize
3. Sonnet 71. While Summer Roses all their glory yield
4. Sonnet 58. Not the slow Hearse, where nod the sable plumes
5. Sonnet 45. From Possibility's dim chaos sprung

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