Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE WISH; WRITTEN IN IMITATION OF POPE'S 'ODE ON SOLITUDE', by ANONYMOUS


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THE WISH; WRITTEN IN IMITATION OF POPE'S 'ODE ON SOLITUDE', by                    
First Line: "grant me, ye powers, some blest retreat"
Last Line: Bring sylvia there!
Subject(s): Contentment;country Life;solitude; Loneliness


Grant me, ye Powers, some blest retreat,
Bedecked with kind embowering shade,
Where murmuring waters, clear and sweet,
Refresh the shade.

Where on his airy pinions borne,
Cool Zephyr sports among the trees,
There let me sit at rising morn
To think at ease.

Around upon th'enamelled plain
Let Flora plant her choicest flowers:
Whilst the gay skylark with his strain
Beguiles the hours.

At distance show the fruitful fields,
Where the wise swain contentment learns,
Where Ceres her ripe treasure yields
To stock my barns.

Grant me an orchard too, and cot
Where plenty without pomp presides:
While near my little chosen spot
A river glides.

Here let me all my life employ;
Happy beyond the reach of care,
And to complete my boundless joy,
Bring Sylvia there!





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