Sonnet XXV. By The Same. (Charlotte Smith Poems)
Just before his Death. WHY should I wish to hold in this low sphere'A frail and feverish being?' wherefore tryPoorly ...
Charlotte Smith Poems (131 Poems)
Sonnet LXI (Charlotte Smith Poems)
Supposed to have been written in America. ILL-omen'd bird! whose cries portentous floatO'er yon savannah with the mournful wind;While, as ...
Sonnet XXVII. (Charlotte Smith Poems)
SIGHING I see yon little troop at play,By sorrow yet untouch'd; unhurt by care;While free and sportive they enjoy to-day,'Content ...
Sonnet XIV. From Petrarch (Charlotte Smith Poems)
LOOSE to the wind her golden tresses stream'd,Forming bright waves with amorous Zephyr's sighs;And though averted now, her charming eyesThen ...
Sonnet IX. (Charlotte Smith Poems)
BLEST is yon shepherd, on the turf reclined,Who on the varied clouds which float aboveLies idly gazing--while his vacant mindPours ...
Sonnet XXXV. To Fortitude (Charlotte Smith Poems)
NYMPH of the rock! whose dauntless spirit bravesThe beating storm, and bitter winds that howlRound thy cold breast; and hear'st ...
Sonnet XXXIV: Charm’d by Thy Suffrage (Charlotte Smith Poems)
Charm'd by thy suffrage, shall I yet aspire (All inauspicious as my fate appears, By troubles darken'd, that encrease with ...
Sonnet LVIII. The Glow-Worm (Charlotte Smith Poems)
WHEN on some balmy-breathing night of SpringThe happy child, to whom the world is new,Pursues the evening moth, of mealy ...
Sonnet XXXIX. To Night. From The Same. (Charlotte Smith Poems)
I LOVE thee, mournful, sober-suited Night!When the faint moon, yet lingering in her wane,And veil'd in clouds, with pale uncertain ...
Sonnet LXXXIII. The Sea View (Charlotte Smith Poems)
THE upland shepherd, as reclined he liesOn the soft turf that clothes the mountain brow,Marks the bright sea-line mingling with ...
Sonnet VI. To Hope (Charlotte Smith Poems)
OH, Hope! thou soother sweet of human woes.How shall I lure thee to my haunts forlorn?For me wilt thou renew ...
Sonnet LXXV. (Charlotte Smith Poems)
WHERE the wild woods and pathless forests frown,The darkling Pilgrim seeks his unknown way,Till on the grass he throws him ...
Written near a Port on a Dark Evening (Charlotte Smith Poems)
Huge vapours brood above the clifted shore, Night on the ocean settles dark and mute, Save where is heard the ...
Sonnet LXIV (Charlotte Smith Poems)
HERE from the restless bed of lingering painThe languid sufferer seeks the tepid wave,And feels returning health and hope againDisperse ...
Sonnet XVII. From The Thirteenth Cantata Of Metastasio (Charlotte Smith Poems)
ON thy grey bark, in witness of my flame,I carve Miranda's cypher--Beauteous tree!Graced with the lovely letters of her name,Henceforth ...
Sonnet LVII. To Dependence (Charlotte Smith Poems)
DEPENDENCE! heavy, heavy are thy chains,And happier they who from the dangerous sea,Or the dark mine, procure with ceaseless painsA ...
Sonnet XXVIII. To Friendship (Charlotte Smith Poems)
THOU! whose name too often is profaned;Whose charms celestial, few have hearts to feel;Unknown to Folly--and by Pride disdain'd!--To thy ...
Sonnet XVI. From Petrarch (Charlotte Smith Poems)
YE vales and woods! fair scenes of happier hours!Ye feather'd people, tenants of the grove!And you, bright stream! befringed with ...
Sonnet XI. To Sleep (Charlotte Smith Poems)
COME, balmy Sleep! tired nature's soft resort!On these sad temples all thy poppies shed; And bid gay dreams, from Morpheus' ...
Sonnet LXXII. To The Morning Star (Charlotte Smith Poems)
Written near the sea. THEE! lucid arbiter 'twixt day and night,The seaman greets, as on the ocean streamReflected, thy precursive ...
Sonnet VIII. To Spring (Charlotte Smith Poems)
AGAIN the wood and long-withdrawing valeIn many a tint of tender green are drest,Where the young leaves, unfolding, scarce concealBeneath ...
Sonnet LXX: On Being Cautioned Against Walking on an Headland Overlooking the Sea, Because It Was Frequented by a Lunatic (Charlotte Smith Poems)
Is there a solitary wretch who hies To the tall cliff, with starting pace or slow,And, measuring, views with ...
Sonnet LXXXIV. To The Muse (Charlotte Smith Poems)
WILT thou forsake me who in life's bright MayLent warmer lustre to the radiant morn;And even o'er summer scenes by ...
Sonnet XXX. To The River Arun (Charlotte Smith Poems)
BE the proud Thames of trade the busy mart!Arun! to thee will other praise belong;Dear to the lover's and the ...
Sonnet XXII. By The Same. To Solitude. (Charlotte Smith Poems)
OH, Solitude! to thy sequester'd valeI come to hide my sorrow and my tears,And to thy echoes tell the mournful ...
Sonnet XV. From Petrarch (Charlotte Smith Poems)
WHERE the green leaves exclude the summer beam,And softly bend as balmy breezes blow,And where, with liquid lapse, the lucid ...
Sonnet XXVI. To The River Arun (Charlotte Smith Poems)
ON thy wild banks, by frequent torrents worn,No glittering fanes, or marble domes appear,Yet shall the mournful muse thy course ...
Sonnet XXXVI. (Charlotte Smith Poems)
SHOULD the lone wanderer, fainting on his way,Rest for a moment of the sultry hours,And though his path through thorns ...
Sonnet XVIII. To The Earl Of Egremont (Charlotte Smith Poems)
WYNDHAM! 'tis not thy blood, though pure it runsThrough a long line of glorious ancestry,Percys and Seymours, Britain's boasted sons,Who ...
Sonnet LXXIX. To The Goddess Of Botany (Charlotte Smith Poems)
OF Folly weary, shrinking from the viewOf Violence and Fraud, allow'd to takeAll peace from humble life; I would forsakeTheir ...