| Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867. | | | | II. A Wish for the Unfadingness of the Loving Eye | | By Laman Blanchard (1803–1845) |
| | | GAYLY and greenly let my seasons run; | |
| And should the war-winds of the world uproot | |
| The sanctities of life, and its sweet fruit | |
| Cast forth as fuel for the fiery sun, | |
| The dews be turned to ice, fair days begun | 5 |
| In peace wear out in pain, and sounds that suit | |
| Despair and discord keep Hope’s harp-strings mute, | |
| Still let me live as love and life were one: | |
| Still let me turn on earth a childlike gaze, | |
| And trust the whispered charities that bring | 10 |
| Tidings of human truth; with inward praise | |
| Watch the weak motion of each common thing, | |
| And find it glorious:—still let me raise | |
| On wintry wrecks an altar to the spring. | | | | |
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