| Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867. | | | | VI. A Wish for Her During the Remainder of Her Life | | By Frederick Tennyson (1807–1898) |
| | | WHATEVER be my lot, I pray that thou | |
| Mayst see a cloudless autumn of thy years, | |
| Whose summer-tide hath been o’ercast with tears; | |
| Though like the clouds, that vainly overflow | |
| The deep clear sky, they have not dimmed thy brow, | 5 |
| Or darkened the quick flame of liberty | |
| Lit in that eye, which fashioned it and thee. | |
| Be thine a vale where western breezes blow | |
| The livelong year, where thou mayst walk at even | |
| ’Mid cherished flowers along a garden slope, | 10 |
| And breathe in peace the purity of heaven, | |
| And turn unto the sun with eyes of hope, | |
| With sweet birds every morn to make thee cheer, | |
| And sound of living waters in thine ear. | | | | |
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