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To Melancholy. - ZaunköniG - 27.05.2007
To Melancholy.
Written on the Banks of the Arun, Octobre 1785
When latest Autumn spreads her evening veil,
And the gray mists from these dim waves arise,
I love to listen to the hollow sighs,
Through the half-leafless wood that breathes the gale:
For at such hours the shadowy phantom pale,
Oft seems to fleet before the poet’s eyes;
Strange sounds are heard, and mournful melodies,
As of night-wanderers, who their woes bewail!
Here, by his native stream, at such an hour,
Pity’s own Otway I methinks could meet,
And hear his deep sighs swell the saddened wind!
O Melancholy! – such thy magic power,
That to the soul these dreams are often sweet,
And soothe the pensive visionary mind!