Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Daily Dose

From The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside

O SACRED BIRD

O sacred bird let me at eve,
Thus wandering all alone,
Thy tender counsel oft receive,
Bear witness to thy pensive airs,
And pity Nature's common cares,
Till I forget my own

From Ode XV, To the Evening Star, XIII

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