What though while the wonders of nature exploring,
\nI cannot your light, mazy footsteps attend;
\nNor listen to accents, that almost adoring,
\nBless Cynthia\u2019s face, the enthusiast\u2019s friend:
\nYet over the steep, whence the mountain stream rushes,
\nWith you, kindest friends, in idea I rove;
\nMark the clear tumbling crystal, its passionate gushes,
\nIts spray that the wild flower kindly bedews.<\/p>\n
Why linger you so, the wild labyrinth strolling?
\nWhy breathless, unable your bliss to declare?
\nAh! you list to the nightingale\u2019s tender condoling,
\nResponsive to sylphs, in the moon beamy air.<\/p>\n
\u2019Tis morn, and the flowers with dew are yet drooping,
\nI see you are treading the verge of the sea:
\nAnd now! ah, I see it\u2014you just now are stooping
\nTo pick up the keep-sake intended for me.<\/p>\n
If a cherub, on pinions of silver descending,
\nHad brought me a gem from the fret-work of heaven;
\nAnd smiles, with his star-cheering voice sweetly blending,
\nThe blessings of Tighe had melodiously given;<\/p>\n
It had not created a warmer emotion
\nThan the present, fair nymphs, I was blest with from you
\nThan the shell, from the bright golden sands of the ocean
\nWhich the emerald waves at your feet gladly threw.<\/p>\n
For, indeed, \u2019tis a sweet and peculiar pleasure,
\n(And blissful is he who such happiness finds,)
\nTo possess but a span of the hour of leisure,
\nIn elegant, pure, and aerial minds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What though while the wonders of nature exploring, I cannot your light, mazy footsteps attend; Nor listen to accents, that almost adoring, Bless Cynthia\u2019s face, the enthusiast\u2019s friend: Yet over the steep, whence the mountain stream rushes, With you, kindest friends, in idea I rove; Mark the clear tumbling crystal, its passionate gushes, Its spray […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}