Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ELEGIAC SONNET: 28. TO FRIENDSHIP, by CHARLOTTE SMITH


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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!





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