1819.
. . . glory, pitiably decline,
FOOTNOTES:
[DS] This sonnet was omitted in the edition of 1827.—Ed.
[DT] Compare Beattie's Hermit (stanza iii. l. 5)—
Roll on then, fair orb, and with gladness pursue
The path that conducts thee to splendour again;
But man's faded glory no change shall renew;
Ah, fool! to exult in a glory so vain.