Elegiac sonnets. Volume 1 of 2  contents   |   previous   |   next SONNET XXIV. BY THE SAME. MAKE there my tomb; beneath the lime-tree's shade, [Note:] SONNET XXIV. Line 1. 'At the corner of the church-yard which looks towards the fields, there are two line trees it is there I wish to rest.' Sorrow of Werter. Volume Second.          Where grass and flowers, in wild luxuriance wave; Let no memorial mark where I am laid,          Or point to common eyes the lover's grave! But oft at twilight morn, or closing day,          The faithful friend, with fault'ring step shall glide, Tributes of fond regret by stealth to pay,          And sigh o'er the unhappy suicide! And sometimes, when the sun with parting rays          Gilds the long grass that hides my silent bed, The tear shall tremble in my CHARLOTTE'S eyes;          Dear, precious drops! they shall embalm the dead! Yes! CHARLOTTE o'er the mournful spot shall weep, Where her poor WERTER and his sorrows sleep.  contents   |   previous   |   next		HOME INTRODUCTION