Written at the Eagle's Nest, Killarney. July 26, 1800. 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. 232. 314p.

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Written at the Eagle's Nest , Killarney . July 26 , 1800. HERE let us rest , while with meridan blaze The sun rides glorious 'mid the cloudless sky , While o'er the lake no cooling Zephyrs fly , But on the liquid glass we dazzled gaze , And fainting ask for shade : lo ! where his nest The bird of Jove has fixed : the lofty brow , With arbutus and fragrant wild shrubs drest , Impendent frowns , nor will approach allow : Here the soft turf invites ; here magic sounds Celestially respondent shall enchant , While Melody from yon steep wood rebounds In thrilling cadence sweet . Sure , life can grant No brighter hours than this ; and memory oft Shall paint this happiest scene with pencil soft .