Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867.
I. To Lord ByronRichard Henry Wilde (17891847)
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In solitary strength and grandeur soaring,
To dazzle and delight all eyes; outpouring
The electric blaze on tyrants and their minions;
Earth, sea, and air, and powers and dominions,
Nature, man, time, the universe exploring;
And from the wreck of worlds, thrones, creeds, opinions,
Thought, beauty, eloquence, and wisdom storing:
O, how I love and envy thee thy glory,
To every age and clime alike belonging;
Linked by all tongues with every nation’s glory.
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O’er the Atlantic, fill the mountains hoary
And forests with the name my verse is wronging.