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"Beneath the silent gloom of solitude Tho' peace can sit & smile, tho' meek content Can keep the chearful tenor of her soul, Even in the loneliest shades, yet let not greif Approach, let black despair keep far away Or soon [[underline]] they flame to madness." --- [[/underline]] translated from the Greek 1 'Twas at that season when the opening flowers In rosy garb the spring ambrosial dight And smiling day beheld his length'ning hours Steal on the waning bosom of the night 2 Sad Egle by a fountain's grassy side Bent o'er the lucid brook her languid head; With briny tears she mix'd the silver tide Wild to the breeze her floating tresses spread. 3 " The season smiles again, but Ah! on me Joy ne'er again can smile," the mourner cries Indiff'rent or to strains of vernal glee Or the rude storm that rends the wint'ry skies
