...He then quotes Gray's sonnet — " In vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening Phrebus lifts his golden fire ; The birds in vain their amorous...join, Or cheerful fields resume their green attire ; These ears alas ! for other notes repine ; A different object do these eyes require ; My lonely anguish...

...following SONNET on his decease — In va^n to ME the smiling mornings shine, And reddening- P/iaebus lifts his golden fire; The birds in vain their amorous...join, Or cheerful fields resume their green attire. These ears, alas ! for other notes repine, A different object do these eyes require, My lonely anguish...

...order to justify himself for adopting (as he thinks he has) " the very language of men," Wordsworth as" In vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening Phoebus lifts hi* golden fire : The birds in vain their amorous descant join, Or cheerful fields resume their green...

...return, but not to me return Day or the sweet approach of eve or morn. Hilton's Par. Ltut. In vajn to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening Phoebus lifts his golden • • * * 1 fruitless mourn to him that cannot hear,* And weep the more because 1 weep invain. Gray's...

...73. SONNET' THE DEATH OF MR. RICHARD WEST. IN vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And redd'ning Phoebus lifts his golden fire : The birds in vain...join ; Or cheerful fields resume their green attire : These ears, alas ! for other notes repine, A different object do these eyes require. My lonely anguish...

...GRAY) ON THE DEATH OF MR. RICHARD WEST. IN vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening Phebus lifts his golden fire ; The birds in vain their amorous...join ; Or cheerful fields resume their green attire. These ears, alas ! for other notes repine, A different object do these eyes require ; Mv lonely anguish...

...present life" SONNET ON THE DEATH OF MR. WEST. IN vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And redd'ning Phoebus lifts his golden fire : The birds in vain...their amorous descant join ; Or cheerful fields resume tbcir green attire : These ears, alas ! for other notes repine, A different object do these eyes require...

...present life." SONNET ON THE DEATH OF MR. WEST. IN vain to me tbe smiling mornings shine, And redd'ning Phoebus lifts his golden fire: The birds in vain their amorous descant join ; Or checiTnl fields resume their green attire : These cars, alas! for other notes repine, A different object...

...cities ride, That rise and glitter o'er the ambient tide. SONNET ON THE DEATH OF MR. RICHARD WEST 1 . IN vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening...join; Or cheerful fields resume their green attire: These ears, alas ! for other notes repine, A different object do these eyes require : My lonely anguish...

...experiences a vacancy, which inclines us to exclaim with the poet, when he had lost an intimate friend,— " In vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening Phoebus lifts his gulden are, The birds in vain their amorous descant join, Or cheerful fields resume their green attire...