ON A SUMMER'S EVENING
... (For the Monmouthshire Merlin.) As from the scenes of pomp and pride, Where o'erdone splendour palls the sight, We turn distastefully aside, And in the cottage seek delight. So, when the summer sun hath set, We pause not at his loss to grieve, But find a solace for regret In gazing on the charms of eve— Those purer charms, that to the mind A tenderness of joy impart- Such as religion leaves ...