Thy gentle virtues, in remembrance dear,

Shall yet thro’ many a day persuasive preach.


SONNET.—TO THE MOON.

Regent of night, thy presence must I love,

When from between the lowering clouds array’d,

In mild effulgence, o’er the silver cove

Thou spread’st a dubious light, and chequer’d shade:

At such a time my visionary mind

Thro’ Fancy’s glass sees forms ærial rise;