To the Evening Star

1. 1O meek attendant of Sol's setting blaze,
2. 2I hail, sweet star, thy chaste effulgent glow;
3. 3On thee full oft with fixéd eye I gaze
4. 4Till I, methinks, all spirit seem to grow.
5. 5O first and fairest of the starry choir,
6. 6O loveliest 'mid the daughters of the night,
7. 7Must not the maid I love like thee inspire
8. 8Pure joy and calm Delight?

1. 9Must she not be, as is thy placid sphere
2. 10Serenely brilliant? Whilst to gaze a while
3. 11Be all my wish 'mid Fancy's high career
4. 12E'en till she quit this scene of earthly toil;
5. 13Then Hope perchance might fondly sigh to join
6. 14Her spirit in thy kindred orb, O Star benign!