Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ELEGY ON SHENSTONE, SELECTION, by JAMES WOODHOUSE


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ELEGY ON SHENSTONE, SELECTION, by                    
First Line: When summer flushed these leafless bowers
Last Line: His step -- was but a breeze.
Subject(s): Shenstone, William (1714-1763)


WHEN summer flushed these leafless bowers,
With verdure deck'd the glades,
And strew'd the fields with painted flowers,
I sought these lovely shades;

If tree of brighter hue appeared,
Or flower of fairer dye,
Or bird of softer note was heard,
I always wished him by:

Then, fancy'd paint on shady seat,
His image in my mind,
Or hear his voice in each retreat,
Or feign his step behind;

But soon, at Reason's wak'ning call,
The mimic phantasm flees;
His voice -- was but a water fall,
His step -- was but a breeze.





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