COMPOSED ON A MAY MORNING, 1838[182]
Composed 1838.—Published 1838[183]
This was one of the “Miscellaneous Sonnets.”—Ed.
Life with yon Lambs, like day, is just begun,
Yet Nature seems to them a heavenly guide.[184]
Does joy approach? they meet the coming tide;
And sullenness avoid, as now they shun[185]
Pale twilight’s lingering glooms,—and in the sun 5
Couch near their dams, with quiet satisfied;[186]
Or gambol—each with his shadow at his side,[187]