To Robert Southey of Baliol College, Oxford, Author of the 'Retrospect' and Other Poems

1. 1SOUTHEY! thy melodies steal o'er mine ear
2. 2Like far-off joyance, or the murmuring
3. 3Of wild bees in the sunny showers of Spring--
4. 4Sounds of such mingled import as may cheer

1. 5The lonely breast, yet rouse a mindful tear:
2. 6Wak'd by the Song doth Hope-born FANCY fling
3. 7Rich showers of dewy fragrance from her wing,
4. 8Till sickly PASSION'S drooping Myrtles sear

1. 9Blossom anew! But O! more thrill'd, I prize
2. 10Thy sadder strains, that bid in MEMORY'S Dream
3. 11The faded forms of past Delight arise;
4. 12Then soft, on Love's pale cheek, the tearful gleam

1. 13Of Pleasure smiles--as faint yet beauteous lies
2. 14The imag'd Rainbow on a willowy stream.