TO THE VISIONS OF FANCY. Ann Radcliffe (née Ward) 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. Radcliffe, Ann Ward, 1764-1823. The Poems of Mrs. Ann Radcliffe. London printed by and for J. Smith, Princes Street 1816 p. [9]. 118p. [Radcliffe's poems only, pp. 1-95]

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TO THE VISIONS OF FANCY . Dear , wild illusions of creative mind ! Whose varying hues arise to Fancy's art , And by her magic force are swift combin'd In forms that please , and scenes that touch the heart : Oh ! whether at her voice ye soft assume The pensive grace of Sorrow drooping low ; Or rise , sublime , on Terror's lofty plume , And shake the soul with wildly thrilling woe ; Or , sweetly bright , your gayer tints ye spread , Bid scenes of pleasure steal upon my view , Love wave his purple pinions o'er my head , And wake the tender thought to passion true ; O ! still — ye shadowy forms attend my lonely hours , Still chase my real cares with your illusive powers !