Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNET: 7, by ANNA SEWARD


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First Line: By derwent's rapid stream as oft I strayed
Last Line: And softest silence broods o'er all the dale.
Alternate Author Name(s): Seward, Nancy
Subject(s): Derwent (river) Great Britain


By Derwent's rapid stream as oft I strayed,
With Infancy's light step and glances wild,
And saw vast rocks, on steepy mountains piled,
Frown o'er the umbrageous glen; or pleased surveyed
The cloudy moonshine in the shadowy glade,
Romantic Nature to the enthusiast child
Grew dearer far than when serene she smiled,
In uncontrasted loveliness arrayed.
But O! in every scene, with sacred sway,
Her graces fire me; from the bloom that spreads
Resplendent in the lucid morn of May,
To the green light the little glow-worm sheds
On mossy banks, when midnight glooms prevail,
And softest silence broods o'er all the dale.





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