SONNET [49] XLIX. Supposed to have been written in a Church Yard, over the Grave of a Young Woman of nineteen. From the Novel of Celestina.

SONNET [49] XLIX. Supposed to have been written in a Church Yard, over the Grave of a Young Woman of nineteen. From the Novel of Celestina. Charlotte Smith (née Turner) 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. N22357 Smith, Charlotte Turner, 1749-1806. Elegiac sonnets, and other poems. By Charlotte Smith. The first Worcester edition, from the sixth London edition, with additions. Printed at Worcester [Mass.] by Isaiah Thomas, sold by him in Worcester, and by said Thomas and Andrews in Boston 1795 p. 69. xix,[2],22-126,[2]p.,[5] leaves of plates: ill.; 15 cm. (12mo)

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SONNET [ 49 ] XLIX. Supposed to have been written in a Church Yard , over the Grave of a Young Woman of nineteen . From the Novel of Celestina . OH , thou ! who sleep'st where hazle bands entwine The vernal grass , with paler violets drest ; I would , sweet maid ! thy humble bed were mine , And mine thy calm and enviable rest . For never more by human ills opprest , Shall thy soft spirit fruitlessly repine : Thou canst not now , thy fondest hopes resign E'en in the hour that should have made thee blest . Light lies the turf upon thy virgin breast ; And ling'ring here , to Love and Sorrow true , The Youth who once thy simple heart possest Shall mingle tears with April's early dew ; While still for him shall faithful Memory save Thy form and virtues from the silent grave .