| Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867. | | | To ———.
3. “Come, dear one, smile consent!” | | By H. |
| | | COME, dear one, smile consent! Thy fair young brow | |
| Was never arched for stern Denial’s frown. | |
| Could angels glance like April sunbeams down | |
| From their high thrones, where burning splendors glow, | |
| To this cold sphere, cloud-mantled, far below, | 5 |
| As April suns awake the budding flower, | |
| And from its sweet cup quaff the dropping shower, | |
| Warmed by their breath would young Love’s roses glow, | |
| From “Feeling’s flushing cheek they ’d kiss the tear, | |
| And words of comfort to the worn heart tell; | 10 |
| And art not thou, my life, their sister dear? | |
| Then in thy soul let kindred kindness dwell,— | |
| Unfold the wings stretched o’er thy bosom fair | |
| And let my wearied spirit nestle there! | | | | |
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