THOU fair enchantress! whose delusive charms
Oft-times have drawn my wand’ring feet astray,
Oft-times seduc’d me from Reflection’s arms,
Beyond the light of Reason’s sober ray–
Forego thy pow’r, and leave me to repose,
Ah! tempt me not in Fancy’s fields to rove;
Her flow’ry paths oft lead to hidden woes,
Then fade the airy forms her hand has wove.
No longer bend on me thy wanton eye,
Nor smile resistless, as thy waving hand
With graceful motion beckons from on high,
And the light spirits mount at thy command.
As late my eager feet thy steps pursu’d,
Thro’ scenes created by thy magic pow’r,
Where each bright object smil’d but to delude,
And poison lurk’d in ev’ry fragrant flow’r,-
How did my dazzled eye delighted rove
Thro’ every roseate bow’r and verdant shade!
There trace the winding stream, the nodding grove,
The solitary path, the op’ning glade!
“And here,” I cry’d, “for ever will I stray;
“Here drink, unmix’d, the sparkling cup of Joy;
“Delight shall brighten ev’ry rising day,
“And not a care the peaceful night annoy.”
But soon, alas! the fairy vision fled,
The smiling sorcerers vanished from my sight,
And haggard Disappointment, in her stead,
Wav’d her black wand, and quench’d Hope’s radiant light.
(Maria Logan)
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