Through Youth's gay prime and thornless paths I went: [5]
And when the mightier Throes of mind began,
And drove me forth, a thought-bewilder'd man,
Their mild and manliest melancholy lent
A mingled charm, such as the pang consign'd
To slumber, though the big tear it renew'd; [10]
Bidding a strange mysterious Pleasure brood
Over the wavy and tumultuous mind,
As the great Spirit erst with plastic sweep
Mov'd on the darkness of the unform'd deep.
FOOTNOTES:
[85:1] First published in 1796: included in 1797, 1803, 1828, 1829, and 1834.
LINENOTES:
[Title]] Effusion i. 1796: Sonnet i. 1797, 1803, 1828, 1829, 1834.
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And when the darker day of life began
And I did roam, &c.