AT OXFORD, 1786. 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. 23.

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AT OXFORD , 1786. Bereave me not of Fancy's shadowy dreams , Which won my heart , or when the gay career Of life begun , or when at times a tear Sat sad on memory's cheek — though loftier themes Await the awakened mind to the high prize Of wisdom , hardly earned with toil and pain , Aspiring patient ; yet on life's wide plain Left fatherless , where many a wanderer sighs Hourly , and oft our road is lone and long , 'Twere not a crime should we a while delay Amid the sunny field ; and happier they Who , as they journey , woo the charm of song , To cheer their way ; — till they forget to weep , And the tired sense is hushed , and sinks to sleep .