Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A LADY IN ILLNESS, by SAMUEL EGERTON BRYDGES Poet's Biography First Line: New to the world, when all was fairy ground Last Line: Thy beauty deeply is engraven there. Subject(s): Sickness; Illness | ||||||||
NEW to the world, when all was fairy ground, And shapes romantic stream'd before my sight, Thy beauty caught my soul, and tints as bright And fair as fancy's dreams in thee I found. In cold experience when my hopes were drown'd, And life's dark clouds o'er-veil'd in mists of night The forms that wont to fill me with delight, Thy view again dispell'd the darkness round. Shall I forget thee, when the pallid cheek, The sighing voice, wan looks, and plaintive air, No more the roseate hue of health bespeak? Shall I neglect thee as no longer fair? No, lovely maid! If in my heart I seek, Thy beauty deeply is engraven there. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL AFTERNOON AT MACDOWELL by JANE KENYON HAVING IT OUT WITH MELANCHOLY by JANE KENYON SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES ECHO AND SILENCE by SAMUEL EGERTON BRYDGES |
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