Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ELEGIAC SONNET: 28. TO FRIENDSHIP, by CHARLOTTE SMITH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O thou! Whose name too often is profaned Last Line: And holds its altar -- on her spotless heart! Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner Subject(s): Friendship | ||||||||
O Thou! whose name too often is profaned; Whose charms celestial few have hearts to feel! Unknown to Folly -- and by Pride disdained! -- To thy soft solace may my sorrows steal! Like the fair moon, thy mild and genuine ray Thro' Life's long evening shall unclouded last; While Pleasure's frail attachments fleet away, As fades the rainbow from the northern blast! 'Tis thine, O Nymph! with "balmy hands to bind" The wounds inflicted in Misfortune's storm, And blunt severe Affliction's sharpest dart! -- 'Tis thy pure spirit warms my Anna's mind, Beams thro' the pensive softness of her form, And holds its altar -- on her spotless heart! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOU & I BELONG IN THIS KITCHEN by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JASON THE REAL by TONY HOAGLAND NO RESURRECTION by ROBINSON JEFFERS CHAMBER MUSIC: 17 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 18 by JAMES JOYCE THE STONE TABLE by GALWAY KINNELL ALMSWOMAN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN TO AN ENEMY by MAXWELL BODENHEIM SONNET: 10. TO A FRIEND by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES ELEGIAC SONNET: 2. WRITTEN AT THE CLOSE OF SPRING by CHARLOTTE SMITH ELEGIAC SONNET: 4. TO THE MOON by CHARLOTTE SMITH ELEGIAC SONNET: 44. WRITTEN IN THE CHURCH YARD AT MIDDLETON IN SUSSEX by CHARLOTTE SMITH |
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