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.