Prefatory Sonnet [to A Widow’s Tale, and Other Poems]
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2022
Summary
The lamp will shed a feeble glimmering light,
Until the oil which fed its flame be spent;
The small stars twinkle in the firmament,
And the moon's pallid orb arise on night,
When day has waned;—the scath’d tree, in despite
Of age look green, with ivy-wreaths besprent;
And faded roses still retain their scent,
When death shall make them loveless to the sight.
So linger on, as seeming loth to die,
Light, strength, and sweetness:—thus unto the last 10
The poet o’er his lyre's lov’d strings will cast
A nerveless hand—and his fond labours ply;
Not unrewarded if its parting sigh
Seem like the lingering echo of the past!
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- Publisher: Anthem PressPrint publication year: 2020