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Charlotte Smith - Sonnet XLIX. From The Novel Of Celestina
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Supposed to have been written in a church-yard, over
the grave of a young woman of nineteen. 
THOU! who sleep`st where hazle-bands entwine
The vernal grass, with paler violets drest;
I would, sweet maid! thy humble bed were mine,
And mine thy calm and enviable rest.
For never more by human ills opprest
Shall thy soft spirit fruitlessly repine:
Thou canst not now thy fondest hopes resign
Even in the hour that should have made thee blest.
Light lies the turf upon thy virgin breast;
And lingering here, to love and sorrow true,
The youth who once thy simple heart possest
Shall mingle tears with April`s early dew;
While still for him shall faithful Memory save
Thy form and virtues from the silent grave.
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