O, Poverty! though from thy haggard eye,
Thy cheerless mien, of every charm bereft,
Thy brow that Hope's last traces long have left,
Vain Fortune's feeble sons with terror fly;
I love thy solitary haunts to seek.
For Pity, reckless of her own distress;
And Patience, in her pall of wretchedness,
That turns to the bleak storm her faded cheek;
And Piety, that never told her wrong;
And meek Content, whose griefs no more rebel;
And Genius, warbling sweet her saddest song;
And Sorrow, listening to a lost friend's knell,
Long banished from the world's insulting throng;
With thee, and thy unfriended offspring, dwell.
Sonnet: O Poverty! Though From Thy Haggard Eye
William Lisle Bowles
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Poem topics: friend, hope, lost, never, poverty, song, sorrow, world, sweet, meek, storm, wrong, patience, charm, fortune, distress, love, I love you, long, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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