TO THE BAT. 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. 90. 118p. [Radcliffe's poems only, pp. 1-95]

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TO THE BAT. From haunt of man , from day's obtrusive glare , Thou shroud'st thee in the ruin's ivy'd tow'r , Or in some shadowy glen's romantic bow'r , Where wizard forms their mystic charms prepare , Where Horror lurks , and ever-boding Care ! But , at the sweet and silent ev'ning hour , When clos'd in sleep is ev'ry languid flow'r , Thou lov'st to sport upon the twilight air , Mocking the eye , that would thy course pursue , In many a wanton round , elastic , gay , Thou flitt'st athwart the pensive wand'rer's way , As his lone footsteps print the mountain-dew . From Indian isles thou com'st , with Summer's car , Twilight thy love — thy guide her beaming star !