# Elegiac Sonnets, and Other Poems, Volume 2, The Second Edition

second edition
This work was published before January 1, 1930, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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* Oh! Time has Changed me since you saw me last,
* And heavy Hours with Time's deforming Hand,
* Have written strange Defeatures in my Face.
* Published May 15th. 1797 by Cadell and Davies Strand
ELEGIAC SONNETS,
AND
OTHER POEMS,
By CHARLOTTE SMITH.
VOL. II.
SECOND EDITION.
Non t' appressar ove sia riso e canto
Canzone mio, nò, ma pianto: Non fa per te di star con gente allegra Vedova sconsolata, in vesta nigra. Petrarcha.
LONDON: PRINTED FOR T. CADELL, JUNIOR, AND W. DAVIES, IN THE STRAND; BY R. NOBLE, SHIRE-LANE.
1800
CONTENTS.
SONNETS. :
| | | Page |
| LX. | To an amiable Girl | 1 |
| LXI. | Supposed to have been written in America | 2 |
| LXII. | Written on passing by Moon-light through a village, while the ground was covered with Snow | 3 |
| LXIII. | The Gossamer | 4 |
| LXIV. | Written at Bristol in the Summer of 1794 | 5 |
| LXV. | To Dr. Parry of Bath, with some botanic Drawings which had been made some years | 6 ​ |
| LXVI. | Written in a tempestuous Night, on the coast of Sussex | 7 |
| LXVII. | On passing over a dreary tract of country, and near the ruins of a deserted Chapel, during a Tempest | 8 |
| LXVIII. | Written at Exmouth, Midsummer 1795 | 9 |
| LXIX. | Written at the same place, on seeing a Seaman return who had been imprisoned at Rochfort | 10 |
| LXX. | On being cautioned against walking on an Headland overlooking the Sea, because it was frequented by a Lunatic | 11 |
| LXXI. | Written at Weymouth in Winter | 12 |
| LXXII. | To the Morning Star. Written near the Sea | 13 |
| LXXIII. | To a querulous Acquaintance | 14 |
| LXXIV. | The Winter Night | 15 ​ |
| LXXV. | .... | 16 |
| LXXVI. | To a Young Man entering the World | 17 |
| LXXVII. | To the Insect of the Gossamer | 18 |
| LXXVIII. | Snow-drops | 19 |
| LXXIX. | To the Goddess of Botany | 20 |
| LXXX. | To the Invisible Moon | 21 |
| LXXXI. | .... | 22 |
| LXXXII. | To the Shade of Burns | 23 |
| LXXXIII. | The Sea View | 24 |
| LXXXIV. | To the Muse | 25 |
| LXXXV. | .... | 26 |
| LXXXVI. | Written near a Port on a dark Evening | 27 |
| LXXXVII. | Written in October | 28 |
| LXXXVIII. | Nepenthe | 29 |
| LXXXIX. | To the Sun | 30 ​ |
| XC. | To Oblivion | 31 |
| LXCI. | Reflections on some Drawings of Plants | 32 |
| XCII. | Written at Bignor Park in Sussex, in August, 1799 | 33 |
| The Dead Beggar | The Dead Beggar | 34 |
| The Female Exile | The Female Exile | 37 |
| Occasional Address. Written for the Benefit of a distressed Player, detained at Brighthelmstonefor debt, November 1792 | Occasional Address. Written for the Benefit of a distressed Player, detained at Brighthelmstonefor debt, November 1792 | 41 |
| Inscription on a Stone in the Church-Yard at Boreham, in Essex | Inscription on a Stone in the Church-Yard at Boreham, in Essex | 46 |
| A descriptive Ode | A descriptive Ode | 47 |
| Verses supposed to have been written in the New Forest, in early Spring | Verses supposed to have been written in the New Forest, in early Spring | 54 |
| Song. From the French | Song. From the French | 56 |
| Apostrophe to an Old Tree | Apostrophe to an Old Tree | 58 |
| The Forest Boy | The Forest Boy | 62 ​ |
| Ode to the Poppy. Written by a deceased Friend | Ode to the Poppy. Written by a deceased Friend | 76 |
| Verses written by the same Lady on seeing her two Sons at play | Verses written by the same Lady on seeing her two Sons at play | 80 |
| Verses on the Death of the same Lady, written in September 1794 | Verses on the Death of the same Lady, written in September 1794 | 82 |
| Fragment, descriptive of the Miseries of War | Fragment, descriptive of the Miseries of War | 86 |
| April | April | 90 |
| Ode to Death | Ode to Death | 95 |
| Stanzas from the Novel of the Young Philosopher | Stanzas from the Novel of the Young Philosopher | 98 |
| To the Winds | To the Winds | 100 |
| To Vesper | To Vesper | 104 |
| Lydia | Lydia | 106 |