Written at Rossana. November 18, 1799. Mary Tighe (née Blachford) 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. Tighe, Mary, 1772-1810. Psyche, With Other Poems. London Printed for LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW 1811 p. 230. 314p.

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Written at Rossana . November 18 , 1799. OH , my rash hand ! what hast thou idly done ? Torn from its humble bank the last poor flower That patient lingered to this wintery hour : Expanding cheerly to the languid sun It flourished yet , and yet it might have blown , Had not thy sudden desolating power Destroyed what many a storm and angry shower Had pitying spared . The pride of summer gone , Cherish what yet in faded life can bloom ; And if domestic love still sweetly smiles , If sheltered by thy cot he yet beguiles Thy winter's prospect of its dreary gloom , Oh , from the spoiler's touch thy treasure screen , To bask beneath Contentment's beam serene !