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 p. [163]. [2],x,[4],258p.; 8°

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SONNET . THE nymphs and the shepherds now mourn , That lost is the pride of their grove ; The cypress o'ershades the sweet rose , No more seen is the flow'r which they love . It's leaves were most spotless and pure , Its colours were vivid and gay ; Its fragrance it lent to the year , To the shepherds it brighten'd the day . The bee would oft make her abode , Where sweetness so much did excel ; Poor insect ! she seeks it in vain , And drooping returns to her cell . New graces each minute display'd , No time did its beauty decay : When , growing the pride of the year , 'Twas suddenly hurried away . Such a flower is innocent youth , So transient ! so frail in it's bloom ; So pleasing mild Coridon was , As suddenly pass'd to his tomb .