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 />
Though wine to true pleasure is <strong>of</strong>t an alloy,<br />
And sober reflection grows sick at the sight.<br />
Disguis’d are our pleasures, as well as our woes;<br />
On their choice must depend-half the turn <strong>of</strong> our fate;<br />
With the tint <strong>of</strong> the mind every circumstance glows,<br />
And gives to life’s trifles their colour and weight.<br />
WHEN THE SOFT TEAR STEALS SILENTLY.<br />
WHEN the s<strong>of</strong>t tear steals silently down from the eye,<br />
Take no note <strong>of</strong> its course, nor detect the slow sigh;<br />
From some spring <strong>of</strong> shy sorrow its origin flows,<br />
Some tender remembrance that weeps as it goes.<br />
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Ah! it is not to say what will bring to the mind<br />
<strong>The</strong> sweet joys departed, the friends left behind;<br />
A tune, or a song, or the time <strong>of</strong> the year,<br />
Strikes the key <strong>of</strong> reflection, and moans in the ear.<br />
Thro’ the gay scenes <strong>of</strong> youth the remembrancer strays,<br />
Till mem’ry steps back on old pleasures to gaze;<br />
Fleeting shadows they seem that glide calmly away,<br />
<strong>The</strong> remains <strong>of</strong> past hours, and the ghosts <strong>of</strong> a day.<br />
When we set out in life every thing has its charms,<br />
Enkindles the fancy, and all the heart warms;<br />
‘Tis this makes us look on the joys that are past<br />
With an eye that turns coolly to glance on the last.<br />
Let the tear then flow on, nor mark the full eye,<br />
‘Tis the soul’s secret <strong>of</strong>Fring no mortal should spy;<br />
Few hearts are prepar d for a rite so divine,<br />
When the feelings alone sacrifice at the shrine.<br />
O WHERE IS THE SPLENDOUR.<br />
AIR—Humours <strong>of</strong> Glen.<br />
O where is the splendour can shine away sorrow,