Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ELEGIAC SONNET: 51. SUPPOSED ... WRITTEN IN THE HEBRIDES, by CHARLOTTE SMITH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On this lone island, whose unfruitful breast Last Line: Thy mind my empire -- and my throne thy heart. Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner Subject(s): Hebrides (islands), Scotland | ||||||||
On this lone island, whose unfruitful breast Feeds but the Summer-shepherd's little flock With scanty herbage from the half-clothed rock, Where osprays, cormorants, and sea-mews rest; Even in a scene so desolate and rude I could with thee for months and years be blest; And of thy tenderness and love possest, Find all my world in this wild solitude! When summer suns these northern seas illume, With thee admire the light's reflected charms, And when drear Winter spreads his cheerless gloom, Still find Elysium in thy shelt'ring arms: For thou to me canst sovereign bliss impart, Thy mind my empire -- and my throne thy heart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEGIAC SONNET: 52. THE PILGRIM by CHARLOTTE SMITH ELEGIAC SONNET: 53. THE LAPLANDER by CHARLOTTE SMITH 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 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 |
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