To L.E.L.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2022
Summary
On his or her Poetic Sketches in the Literary Gazette .
To me there's more of Minstrel stealth
In thy brief overflowings
Of fancy,— more of Thought's best wealth,—
And Feeling's sweetest glowings;—
Than I can find in many a tome,
O’er which, from page to page, I roam.
Such gentle music may pass by
The cold, or careless hearer;—
To me, it's witching melody
Is, from it's softness, dearer:
Its gushing forth, its dying fall,
Surpass the notes of Nourmahal.
I know not who, or what thou art;
Nor do I seek to know thee,
While Thou, performing thus thy part,
Such banquets canst bestow me.
Then be, as long as thou shalt list,
My viewless, nameless Melodist.
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- Publisher: Anthem PressPrint publication year: 2020