Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ELEGIAC SONNET: 81, by CHARLOTTE SMITH Poet's Biography First Line: He may be envied, who with tranquil breast Last Line: By friendship hallow'd -- rural happiness! Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner | ||||||||
He may be envied, who with tranquil breast Can wander in the wild and woodland scene, When Summer's glowing hands have newly drest The shadowy forests, and the copses green; Who, unpursued by care, can pass his hours Where briony and woodbine fringe the trees, On thymy banks reposing, while the bees Murmur "their fairy tunes in praise of flowers;" Or on the rock with ivy clad, and fern That overhangs the osier-whispering bed Of some clear current, bid his wishes turn From this bad world; and by calm reason led, Knows, in refined retirement, to possess By friendship hallow'd -- rural happiness! | Other Poems of Interest...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 AN EVENING WALK BY THE SEA-SIDE by CHARLOTTE SMITH APOSTROPHE TO AN OLD TREE by CHARLOTTE SMITH |
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