{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/saph/sap/sap31.htm","path":"cla/saph/sap/sap31.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/saph/sap/sap31.htm","text":"Sappho and Phaon, by Mary Robinson, [1796]\nWeak is the sophistry, and vain the art\n That whispers patience to the mind\u2019s despair!\n That bids reflection bathe the wounds of care,\n While Hope, with pleasing phantoms, soothes their smart.\n For mem\u2019ry still, reluctant to depart\n From the dear spot, once rich in prospects fair,\n Bids the fond soul enamour\u2019d there,\n And its least charm is grateful to the heart!\n He never lov\u2019d, who could not muse and sigh,\n Spangling the sacred turf with frequent tears,\n Where the small rivulet, that ripples by,\n Recalls the scenes of past and happier years,\n When, on its banks he watch\u2019d the speaking eye,\n And one sweet smile o\u2019erpaid an age of fears!","title":"Sappho and Phaon: XXVIII. Describes the fascinations of Love.","type":"page"}