As when, to one who long hath watched, the morn
Advancing, slow forewarns the approach of day,
(What time the young and flowery-kirtled May
Decks the green hedge and dewy grass unshorn
With cowslips pale, and many a whitening thorn;
And now the sun comes forth with level ray,)
Gilding the high-wood top and mountain gray;
And as he climbs, the meadows’ gins adorn:
The rivers glisten to the dancing beam,
The awakened birds begin their amorous strain,
And hill and vale with joy and fragrance teem;
Such is the sight of thee; thy wished return
To eyes, like mine, that long have waked to mourn,
That long have watched for light, and wept in vain.
(John Codrington Bampfylde)
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