{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/saph/sap/sap47.htm","path":"cla/saph/sap/sap47.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/saph/sap/sap47.htm","text":"Sappho and Phaon, by Mary Robinson, [1796]\nHere droops the muse! while from her glowing mind,\n Celestial Sympathy, with humid eye,\n Bids the light Sylph capricious Fancy fly,\n Time\u2019s restless wings with transient flowr\u2019s to bind!\n For now, with folded arms and head inclin\u2019d,\n Reflection pours the deep and frequent sigh,\n O\u2019er the dark scroll of human destiny,\n Where gaudy buds and wounding thorns are twin\u2019d.\n O! Sky-born Virtue! sacred is thy name!\n And though mysterious Fate, with frown severe,\n Oft decorates thy brows with wreaths of Fame,\n Bespangled o\u2019er with sorrow\u2019s chilling tear!\n Yet shalt thou more than mortal raptures claim,\n The brightest planet of th\u2019 Eternal Sphere!","title":"Sappho and Phaon: XLIV. Sonnect Conclusive","type":"page"}