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. [197]-198. [2],x,[4],258p.; 8°

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SONNET . WHEN first you sought my rural cot , And found my friendship there ; Daphne , contented with your lot , You shar'd my simple fare . I chill'd you not with cold reserve , Nor wore a haughty frown ; Tho' what your merit might deserve , Was yet to me unknown . A cheerful welcome to impart , I spread my little stores ; And oft I rais'd your drooping heart , With hopes of happier hours . To you my friendship lent its aid , And call'd its vigour forth ; For prosp'rous scenes it wish'd display'd , To unassuming worth . It was not fed by airy dreams , Nor hop'd for high return ; Nor could it fear the hard extremes , Of hate and haughty scorn .