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Charlotte Smith - Sonnet XXXVII.
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SENT TO THE HON. MRS. O`NEILL, WITH
PAINTED FLOWERS. 
The poet`s fancy takes from Flora`s realm
Her buds and leaves to dress fictitious powers,
With the green olive shades Minerva`s helm,
And give to Beauty`s queen, the queen of flowers.
But what gay blossoms of luxuriant spring,
With rose, mimosa, amaranth entwined,
Shall fabled Sylphs and fairy people bring,
As a just emblem of the lovely mind?
In vain the mimic pencil tries to blend
The glowing dyes that dress the flowery race,
Scented and colour`d by a hand divine!
Ah! not less vainly would the Muse pretend,
On her weak lyre, to sing the native grace
And native goodness of a soul like thine!
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