SONNET, AFTER THE DEATH OF LAURA. Anne Hunter (née Home) Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Hunter, Anne Home (Mrs. John), 1742-1821. Poems, by Mrs. John Hunter. London Printed for T. Payne, Mews Gate, by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street 1802 p. 64.

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SONNET , AFTER THE DEATH OF LAURA . COME , tender thoughts , with twilight's pensive gloom , Come , tender thoughts , and sooth the soul of care , Soften remembrance , mitigate despair , And cast a gleam of comfort o'er the tomb . Methinks again the days and years return When joy was young , and careless fancy smil'd , When hope with promises the heart beguil'd , When love illum'd the world , and happiness was born . Where are ye fled , dear moments of delight ! And thou , O best belov'd ! alas , no more The future can the faded past restore ; Sunk in the shade of time's eternal night , For me remains alone , through ling'ring years , The melancholy muse , companion of my tears .