INFLUENCE OF TIME ON GRIEF. William Lisle Bowles 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. Bowles, William Lisle, 1762-1850. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. I. With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan. Edinburgh James Nichol, 9 North Bank Street... 1855 p. 14.

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INFLUENCE OF TIME ON GRIEF . O Time ! who know'st a lenient hand to lay Softest on Sorrow's wound , and slowly thence ( Lulling to sad repose the weary sense ) The faint pang stealest unperceived away ; On thee I rest my only hope at last , And think , when thou hast dried the bitter tear That flows in vain o'er all my soul held dear , I may look back on every sorrow past , And meet life's peaceful evening with a smile : — As some lone bird , at day's departing hour , Sings in the sunbeam , of the transient shower Forgetful , though its wings are wet the while : — Yet ah ! how much must that poor heart endure , Which hopes from thee , and thee alone , a cure !