To Harriet
O thou bright Sun! beneath the dark blue lineOf western distance that sublime descendest,And, gleaming lovelier as thy beams decline,Thy million hues to every vapour lendest,And, over cobweb lawn and grove and streamSheddest the liquid magic of thy light,Till calm Earth, with the parting splendour bright,Shows like the vision of a beauteous dream;What gazer now with astronomic eyeCould coldly count the spots within thy sphere?Such were thy lover, Harriet, could he flyThe thoughts of all that makes his passion dear,And, turning senseless from thy warm caress,--Pick flaws in our close-woven happiness.
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