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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Tighe, Mary, 1772-1810. Psyche, With Other Poems. London Printed for LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW 1811 p. 228. 314p.

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Sonnet . YE dear associates of my gayer hours , Ah ! whither are you gone ? on what light wing Is Fancy fled ? Mute is the dulcet string Of long-lost Hope ? No more her magic powers Scatter o'er my lorn path fallacious flowers , As she was wont with glowing hand to fling Loading with fragrance the soft gales of Spring , While fondly pointing to fresh blooming bowers , Now faded , with each dazzling view of bright , Delusive pleasure ; never more return , Ye vain , ideal visions of delight ! For in your absence I have learned to mourn ; To bear the torch of Truth with steady sight , And weave the cypress for my future urn .