To the White Jasmine
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2022
Summary
Jasmine! thy fair and star-like flower with honours should be crown’d:
In day's rude din and sunny hour, it sheds faint sweetness round;
But still, at eve, its rich perfume with fragrance fills the air,
As if to cheer the hours of gloom, and soothe the brow of care.
Oh! thus, in Fortune's sunny ray, the light of Love seems pale,
Till dark clouds o’er the glare of day have cast their shadowy veil;
Then, like thy odours, it bursts forth, a guide to Joy's glad goal,
Blest beacon of surpassing worth, and pole-star of the soul!
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- Publisher: Anthem PressPrint publication year: 2020