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15] not Envy's self could blame Letter, 1793, Pencil.might blame. MS. E. [17] With part Letter, 1793, MS. E. [18] on Nesbitt's lovely lips the rest. Letter, 1793, Pencil.on Mary's lovelier lips the rest. MS. E.on lovely Nesbitt's lovely lips the rest. Bristol MS. THE GENTLE LOOK[47:1] Thou gentle Look, that didst my soul beguile,Why hast thou left me? Still in some fond dreamRevisit my sad heart, auspicious Smile!As falls on closing flowers the lunar beam:What time, in sickly mood, at parting day 5I lay me down and think of happier years;Of joys, that glimmer'd in Hope's twilight ray,Then left me darkling in a vale of tears.O pleasant days of Hope--for ever gone!Could I recall you!--But that thought is vain. 10Availeth not Persuasion's sweetest toneTo lure the fleet-wing'd Travellers back again:Yet fair, though faint, their images shall gleamLike the bright Rainbow on a willowy stream.[48:1] ? 1793. FOOTNOTES: [47:1] First published in 1796: included in 1797, 1803, 1828, 1829, and1834. The 'four _last_ lines' of the Sonnet as sent to Southey, on Dec.11, 1794, were written by Lamb. _Letters of S. T. C._, 1895, i. 111,112. [48:1] Compare ll. 13, 14 with ll. 13, 14 of _Anna and Harland_ and ll.17, 18 of _Recollection_. _Vide_ Appendix. LINENOTES: Title] Irregular Sonnet MS. E: Effusion xiv. 1796: Sonnet III. 1797,1803: Sonnet viii. 1828, 1829, 1834: The Smile P. W. 1885: The GentleLook P. W. 1893. [1] Thou] O Letter, 1794. [9] gone] flown MS. E. [10] you] one Letter, 1794. [13-14] Anon they haste to everlasting Night,Nor can a Giant's arm arrest them in their flight Letter, 1794. On on, &c.,
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