Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867.

I. A Replication of Rhymes

John Hunter

THINE own life too hath reached a Harmony

Of rounder, nobler swell than mine, my friend!

HE is the Hero, whose strong soul can bend

A turbulent nature, panting in the glee

Of young ambition to ascend the hill

Where Worldly Greatness, crowned with power, is seen;

And, conqueror of himself, can seek the green

Low vale where true Peace dwells, and list the trill

Of home-bred joys that sanctify the spot.

Earth’s dazzling meteors for the Torch of Truth

Thou hast exchanged; and for wild dreams of youth

More glorious aims and nobler gifts are given,—

A Soul of power, a well of lofty Thought,

A chastened Hope that ever points to Heaven.