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. [154]-155. [2],x,[4],258p.; 8°

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SONNET . LET not rage to rage opposing , Angry passion e'er pursue ; For kindness a soft charm disclosing , Best its fury can subdue . The sun and wind their power contesting , ( A tale in Æsop's moral page ) Which the traveller divesting , Of his mantle could engage . The wind his storms then fiercely blowing , Saw him his cloak more closely fold ; But he to the sun warm glowing , Yields the prize , and quits his hold . Where cold suspicions are misleading , And with contempt and hatred bind ; Gentleness for truth best pleading , Melts the fetters of the mind . The frigid blast the shepherd's mourning , More firmly bound his streams to see ; Till gentle zephyr mild returning , Sets th' imprison'd waters free . Cold is that heart , of flinty hardness , Which mild entreaty cannot move ; But open to the law of kindness , Generous bosoms ever prove .