Penny Dreadfuls, 1812 · page 120 of 258
Psyche, and other poems — page 120: what you’re looking at
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# Page 102: Poetic Narrative Text This is a page of running verse (not a title page or illustration), numbered 102, containing romantic poetry. The text appears to be a lengthy poem addressing a "fond dreamer" about composing idle songs, then shifts to describing the speaker's beloved "Psyche" and her enchanted journey with a knight across a beautiful plain. The passage concludes with the knight lamenting his status as a stranger seeking admittance to some sovereign's domain. The verse employs elevated Romantic language about love, beauty, and devotion, typical of Victorian-era serialized fiction.
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Fond dreamer ! meditate thine idle song ! But let thine idle song remain unknown : * The verse, which cheers thy solitude, prolong; =. | What, though it charm no moments but thine own, | Though thy loved Psyche smile for thee alone, Still shall it yield thee pleasure, if not fame, And when, escaped from tumult, thou hast flown To thy dear silent hearth’s enlivening flame, There shall the tranguil muse her happy votary claim! My Psyche’s wanderings then she loves to trace; ° * Unrols the glowing canvas to my sight; at | Hier chaste calm eye, her soft attractive grace, The lightning of her heavenly smile so bright, All yield me strange and unconceived delight ; Even now entranced her journey I pursue, And gaze enraptured on her matchless knight; Visions of love, pure, innocent and true aie Pe: Oh! may your graceful forms for ever bless my view ! \ ae See as they tread the green, soft-levelled plain, — Where never weed, nor noxious plant was found ! Psyche, enchanted, bids her knight explain | Who rules that lovely ant. well cultured ground, 7 Where fairest flowers and purest springs abound: =~ ‘Oh! object of my anxious cares,” (he cried, As with a half-breathed sigh he gazed Mes | ‘* A stranger here, full oft Lvainly tried =) | * Admittance to obtain, and sooth the sovereign’s pride. ae ; rs. cComichooks.com ‘ the