Elegiac sonnets. Volume 2 of 2  contents   |   previous   |   next SONNET LXXXIII. THE SEA VIEW. THE upland Shepherd, as reclined he lies [Note:] SONNET LXXXXIII. Line 1. The upland shepherd, as reclined he lies. Suggested by the recollection of having seen, some years since, on a beautiful evening of Summer, an engagement between two armed ships, from the high down called the Beacon Hill, near Brighthelmstone.          On the soft turf that clothes the mountain brow, Marks the bright Sea-line mingling with the skies;          Or from his course celestial, sinking flow,          The Summer-Sun in purple radiance low, Blaze on the western waters; the wide scene          Magnificent, and tranquil, seems to spread Even o'er the Rustic's breast a joy serene.          When, like dark plague-spots by the Demons shed, Charged deep with death, upon the waves, far seen,          Move the war-freighted ships; and fierce and red,          Flash their destructive fires — the mangled dead And dying victims then pollute the flood, Ah! thus man spoils Heaven's glorious works with blood!  contents   |   previous   |   next		HOME INTRODUCTION