June 21st, 1845.
[295] See the note to the previous sonnet on Furness Abbey, p. 168.—Ed.
“YES! THOU ART FAIR, YET BE NOT MOVED”
Composed possibly in 1845.—Published 1845
One of the “Poems founded on the Affections.”—Ed.
Yes! thou art fair, yet be not moved
To scorn the declaration,
That sometimes I in thee have loved
My fancy’s own creation.
Imagination needs must stir; 5