SONNET. Eliza Day 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. T132359 Daye, Eliza, b. ca. 1734. Poems, on Various Subjects. Liverpool Printed by J. M'Creery 1798 pp. [86]-87. [2],x,[4],258p.; 8°

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SONNET . NOW dark December's gloom is gone , Then go with it corroding care ; With festive mirth and jocund song , To hail the rising year prepare . Let beauty wear its gayest robe , While wit exerts its brightest powers , Let all within your breast be May , And peace and joy shall lead your hours . Tho' wint'ry storms may still descend , And snow may whiten o'er the ground , Yet hope presents yon smiling spring , And rising beauty blooms around . See from the zephyr's balmy wing , Propitious health her roses shed , To meet her in the morning breeze , Shall tempt you from your drowsy bed . Now dark December's gloom is gone , And go with it corroding care ; With festive mirth and jocund song , To hail the rising year prepare .