The Poetical Works of Miss Susanna Blamire (1842) - Gredos ...
The Poetical Works of Miss Susanna Blamire (1842) - Gredos ...
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<strong>The</strong> Salamanca Corpus: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Poetical</strong> <strong>Works</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Miss</strong> <strong>Susanna</strong> <strong>Blamire</strong> (<strong>1842</strong>)<br />
WHEN the sunbeams <strong>of</strong> joy gild the morn <strong>of</strong> our days,<br />
And the s<strong>of</strong>t heart is warm’d both with hope and with<br />
praise,<br />
New pleasures, new prospects, still burst on the view,<br />
And the phantom <strong>of</strong> bliss in our walks we pursue:<br />
What tho’ tangl’d in brakes, or withheld by the thorn,<br />
Such sorrows <strong>of</strong> youth are but pearls <strong>of</strong> the morn;<br />
As they “gem the light leaf” in the fervour <strong>of</strong> day,<br />
<strong>The</strong> warmth <strong>of</strong> the season dissolves them away.<br />
In the noon-tide <strong>of</strong> life, though not robb’d <strong>of</strong> their fire,<br />
<strong>The</strong> warm wishes abate, and the spirits retire;<br />
Thus pictures less glowing give equal delight,<br />
When reason just tints them with shades <strong>of</strong> the night;<br />
Reflection’s slow shadow steals down the gay hill,<br />
Though as yet you may shun the s<strong>of</strong>t shade as you will,<br />
And on hope fix your eye, till the brightness, so clear,<br />
Shall hang on its lid a dim trembling tear.<br />
Next, the shades <strong>of</strong> mild evening close gently around,<br />
And lengthen’d reflection must stalk o’er the ground;<br />
Through her lantern <strong>of</strong> magic past pleasures are seen,<br />
And we then only know what our day-dreams have been<br />
On the painted illusion we gaze while we can,<br />
Though we <strong>of</strong>ten exclaim, What a bauble is man!—<br />
In youth but a gewgaw—in age but a toy—<br />
<strong>The</strong> same empty trifle as man and as boy!<br />
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FOR THE CARLISLE HUNT.<br />
NOVEMBER, 1788.<br />
AIR—In Country Quarters close confined.<br />
WHEN the last leaf forsook the tree,<br />
And languid suns were seen,<br />
And winter whistl’d o’er the lea,<br />
And call’d the sportsmen keen;<br />
<strong>The</strong> goddess <strong>of</strong> the silver bow<br />
Stept forth, her sandals tipp’d with snow.<br />
Fal, lall, &c.