Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ELEGIAC SONNET: 1, by CHARLOTTE SMITH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The partial muse has from my earliest hours Last Line: If those paint sorrow best -- who feel it most! Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner | ||||||||
The partial Muse has from my earliest hours Smiled on the rugged path I'm doom'd to tread, And still with sportive hand has snatch'd wild flowers, To weave fantastic garlands for my head: But far, far happier is the lot of those Who never learn'd her dear delusive art; Which, while it decks the head with many a rose, Reserves the thorn to fester in the heart. For still she bids soft Pity's melting eye Stream o'er the ills she knows not to remove, Points every pang, and deepens every sigh Of mourning Friendship, or unhappy Love. Ah! then, how dear the Muse's favours cost, If those paint sorrow best -- who feel it most! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEGIAC SONNET: 4. TO THE MOON by CHARLOTTE SMITH ELEGIAC SONNET: 44. WRITTEN IN THE CHURCH YARD AT MIDDLETON IN SUSSEX by CHARLOTTE SMITH ELEGIAC SONNET: 7. ON THE DEPARTURE OF THE NIGHTINGALE by CHARLOTTE SMITH THIRTY EIGHT. ADDRESSED TO MRS. H -- Y. by CHARLOTTE SMITH A DECSRIPTIVE ODE, ... UNDER THE RUINS OF RUFUS'S CASTLE by CHARLOTTE SMITH A WALK BY THE RIVER by CHARLOTTE SMITH A WALK IN THE SHRUBBERY by CHARLOTTE SMITH AN EVENING WALK BY THE SEA-SIDE by CHARLOTTE SMITH APOSTROPHE TO AN OLD TREE by CHARLOTTE SMITH |
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