Penny Dreadfuls, 1812 · page 242 of 258
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# Analysis This is a **text page** containing a single **sonnet poem**. The poem, titled "Sonnet Written at Woodstock, In the County of Kilkenny, The Seat of William Tighe," is dated June 30, 1809. It addresses a muse, asking her to comfort the speaker during painful hours by recalling the inspiring visions and natural beauty of Woodstock estate that once consoled its master, William Tighe. The poem references specific features of the estate—ivy-covered seats, rose gardens, hills, and a trickling fountain beneath oak trees—as sources of spiritual and artistic solace.
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224. SONNET WRITTEN AT WOODSTOCK, \ | In the County of Kilkenny, THE SEAT OF WILLIAM TIGHE, June 30, 1809. Sweet, pious Muse! whose chastely graceful form Delighted oft amid these shades to stray, To their loved master breathing many a lay Divinely soothing; oh! be near to charm For me the languid hours of pain, and warm This heart depressed with one inspiring ray From such bright visions as were wont to play Around his favoured brow, when, to disarm . The soul subduing powers of mortal ill, Thy soft voice lured him “to his ivyed seat,” *‘ His classic roses,” or his healthy hill ;” Or by yon “ trickling fount” delayed his feet = Beneath his own dear oaks, when, present still, The melodies of Heaven thou didst unseen repeat. Comichbookskeonn