Full gladsome was my heart ere while to tell
How proud Ambition owned superior Love;
For ah! too oft his sterner power could quell
The mild affections which more gently move,
And rather silent fled than with him strove;
For Love content and tranquil saw with dread
The busy scenes Ambition’s schemes approve,
And, by the hand of Peace obscurely led,
From pride of public life disgusted ever fled.
There are who know not the delicious charm
Of sympathising hearts; let such employ
Their active minds; the trumpet’s loud alarm
Shall yield them hope of honourable joy,
And courts may lure them with each splendid toy;
But ne’er may vanity or thirst of fame
The dearer bliss of loving life destroy!
Oh! blind to man’s chief good who Love disclaim,
And barter pure delight for glory’s empty name!
Blest Psyche! thou hast
(Mary Tighe)
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