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Poem by Anna Seward


Sonnet 9. Seek not, my Lesbia, the sequester'd dale


Seek not, my Lesbia, the sequester'd dale,
    Or bear thou to its shades a tranquil heart;
    Since rankles most in solitude the smart
    Of injur'd charms and talents, when they fail
To meet their due regard;—nor e'en prevail
    Where most they wish to please:—Yet, since thy part
    Is large in Life's chief blessings, why desert
    Sullen the world?—Alas! how many wail
Dire loss of the best comforts Heaven can grant!
    While they the bitter tear in secret pour,
    Smote by the death of Friends, Disease, or Want,
Slight wrongs if thy self-valuing soul deplore,
    Thou but resemblest, in thy lonely haunt,
    Narcissus pining on the watry shore.



Anna Seward


Anna Seward's other poems:
  1. Sonnet 87. Round Cleon's brow the Delphic laurels twine
  2. Sonnet 13. Thou child of Night, and Silence, balmy Sleep
  3. Sonnet 53. The knell of Whitehead tolls!—his cares are past
  4. Sonnet 15. The evening shines in May's luxuriant pride
  5. Sonnet 45. From Possibility's dim chaos sprung

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