| Elegiac sonnets. Volume 1 of 2
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TO THE NAIAD OF THE ARUN. |
GO! rural Naiad; wind thy stream along
Thro' woods and wilds: then seek the ocean caves
Where sea nymphs meet, their coral rocks among,
To boast the various honors of their waves!
'Tis but a little, o'er thy shallow tide,
That toiling trade her burden'd vessel leads;
But laurels grow luxuriant on thy side,
And letters live, along thy classic meads.
Lo! where 'mid British bards thy natives shine! [Note:] SONNET XXXIII. Line 9. Thy natives. Toway, Collins, Hayley.
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And now another poet helps to raise
Thy glory high the poet of the MINE!
Whose brilliant talents are his smallest praise:
And who, to all the genius can impart,
Adds the cool head, and the unblemish'd heart!
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