Sonnet 61: To Mr. Henry Cary, On Reading His Sonnets Written At Sixteen

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Title:     Sonnet 61: To Mr. Henry Cary, On Reading His Sonnets Written At Sixteen
Author: Anna Seward [More Titles by Seward]

TO MR. HENRY CARY[1],
ON READING HIS SONNETS WRITTEN AT SIXTEEN.

Disciple of the bright Aonian Maid
In thy life's blossom, a resistless spell
Amid the wild wood, and irriguous dell,
O'er thymy hill, and thro' illumin'd glade,
Led thee, for her thy votive wreaths to braid,
Where flaunts the musk-rose, and the azure bell
Nods o'er loquacious brook, or silent well.--
Thus woo'd her inspirations, their rapt aid
Liberal she gave; nor only thro' thy strain
Breath'd their pure spirit, while her charms beguil'd
The languid hours of Sorrow, and of Pain,
But when Youth's tide ran high, and tempting smil'd
Circean Pleasure, rescuing did she stand,
Broke the Enchantress' cup and snapt her wand.

[Footnote 1: Then of Sutton Coldfield.]

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Anna Seward's poem: Sonnet 61: To Mr. Henry Cary, On Reading His Sonnets Written At Sixteen

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