Sonnet to the deben [‘Thou hast thrown aside thy summer loveliness’]
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2022
Summary
Thou hast thrown aside thy summer loveliness:—
And those who sought thy banks are well content
To spend at home in social merriment
Their wintry day; no loitering footsteps press
Thy cheerless border; yet I must confess
I love thee still; and think an hour well spent
In walking by thee; for thy winter dress
To many a lonely hour a charm hath lent.—
Instead of summer's sun; and rippling tide,
Flowing so softly that it seem’d to creep
In silence to thy banks; are now descried
Dark gathering clouds; and o’er thy bosom sweep
The wintry winds, until thou seemst to be
To fancy's eye some little inland sea.
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- Publisher: Anthem PressPrint publication year: 2020