Elegiac Sonnets, and Other Poems, Volume 1, The Ninth Edition/Sonnet L
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SONNET L.
FROM THE NOVEL OF CELESTINA.
FAREWEL, ye lawns!—by fond remembrance blest,
As witnesses of gay unclouded hours;
Where, to maternal Friendship's bosom prest,
My happy childhood past among your bowers.
Ye wood-walks wild!—where leaves and fairy flowers
By Spring's luxuriant hand are strewn anew;
Rocks!—whence with shadowy grace rude Nature lours
O'er glens and haunted streams! a long adieu!
And you!—O promised Happiness!—whose voice
Deluded Fancy heard in every grove,
Bidding this tender, trusting heart, rejoice
In the bright prospect of unfailing love:
Tho' lost to me—still may thy smile serene
Bless the dear lord of this regretted scene.