On Hearing
William Lisle Bowles
O stay, harmonious and sweet sounds, that die In the long vaultings of this ancient fane! Stay, for I may not hear on earth again Those pious airs--that glorious harmony; Lifting the soul to brighter orbs on high, Worlds without sin or sorrow! Ah, the strain Has died--even the last sounds that lingeringly Hung on the roof ere they expired! And I Stand in the world of strife, amidst a throng, A throng that reckons not of death or sin! Oh, jarring scenes! to cease, indeed, ere long; The worm hears not the discord and the din; But he whose heart thrills to this angel song Feels the pure joy of heaven on earth begin!
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- William Lisle Bowles : Sonnet: At Ostend, July 22nd 1787
- William Lisle Bowles : Sonnet: July 18th 1787
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- William Lisle Bowles : Sonnet: O Poverty! Though From Thy Haggard Eye
- William Lisle Bowles : Time And Grief
- William Lisle Bowles : To A Friend
- William Lisle Bowles : To The River Itchin, Near Winton
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