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ELEGIAC SONNETS.



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.