The Cow
July 5, 2023Air
July 5, 2023Sonnet~
Still is the night breeze!–not a lonely sound
Steals through the silence of this dreary hour;
O’er these high battlements Sleep reigns profound,
And sheds on all his sweet oblivious power.
On all but me–I vainly ask his dews
To steep in short forgetfulness my cares:
Th’ affrighted god still flies when Love pursues,
Still–still denies the wretched lover’s prayers.”