SONNET I. WRITTEN AT TINEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND, AFTER A TEMPESTUOUS VOYAGE, As slow I climb the cliff's ascending side, And yon forsaken tow'r that Time has rent:The lifted oar far off with silver gleam Is touch'd, and hush'd is all the billowy deep! Wak'd by the breeze, and, as they mourn, expire. SONNET II. AT BAMBOROUGH CASTLE. YE holy Towers that shade the wave-worn steep, Oft list'ning tearful when the wild winds beat Of midnight, when the moon is hid on high, Keeps her lone watch upon the topmost tow'r, And turns her ear to each expiring cry; Blest if her aid some fainting wretch might save, And snatch him cold and speechless from the wave. |