Poems.

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Title

Poems.

Author

Temple, Laura Sophia.

Publication

London: Printed for R. Phillips

1805

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"Poems." In the digital collection British Women Romantic Poets. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/TempLPoems. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 12, 2024.

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SONNET III.

 When grey Eve steals along the Western sky, Musing I climb the headland's craggy steep ; Gaze on the bosom of the tranquil deep, And watch the white clouds that beneath me fly. Or when the pale‐moon's cold and pensive ray Breaks softly o'er the dusky brow of night ; I love to view her dancing chequer'd light, O'er the wide world of waters sweetly stray. Then comes the memory of other hours, When on a scene like this I've paused­the while, Friendship would cheer me with her beamy smile, And young-eyed Fancy cull her wildest flow'rs. Oh ! that as flies, the dew-drop from each blade, Life's mantling spring-tide from the soul should fade ! 