Elegiac sonnets. Volume 2 of 2  contents   |   previous   |   next SONNET LXXXI. [Note:] SONNET LXXXI. First printed in a Publication for the use of Young Persons, called "Rambles Farther." 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, [Note:] SONNET LXXXI. Line 6. Where briony and woodbine fringe the trees. Briony, Bryoniadioica, foliis palmatis, &c. White Briony, growing plentifully in woods and hedges, and twisting around taller plants.          On thymy banks reposing, while the bees Murmur "their fairy turnes in praise of flowers;" [Note:] SONNET LXXXI. Line 8. "Murmur their fairy tunes in praise of flowers," a line taken, I believe, from a Poem called "Vacuna," printed in Dodsley's collection. Or on the rock with ivy clad, and fern          That overhangs the ozier-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!  contents   |   previous   |   next		HOME INTRODUCTION