Would'st thou then have me tempt the comic scene Of gay Thalia? used so long to tread The gloomy paths of Sorrow's cypress shade; And the lorn lay with sighs and tears to stain? Alas! how much unfit her sprightly vein, Arduous to try! -- and seek the sunny mead, And bowers of roses, where she loves to lead The sportive subjects of her golden reign! Enough for me, if still to soothe my days, Her fair and pensive sister condescend With tearful smile to bless my simple lays; Enough, if her soft notes she sometimes lend, To gain for me of feeling hearts the praise, And chiefly thine, my ever partial friend! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BUNCHES OF GRAPES by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE CLERICAL OPPRESSORS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE LAST RAFT by JOSEPH V. ADAMS THOU LIGHT OF LIFE by BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX THE WATCHERS by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE MILLICENT by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES |