Sonnet 28: O, Genius! Does Thy Sun-Resembling Beam

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Title:     Sonnet 28: O, Genius! Does Thy Sun-Resembling Beam
Author: Anna Seward [More Titles by Seward]

O, GENIUS! does thy Sun-resembling beam
To the internal eyes of Man display
In clearer prospect, the momentous way
That leads to peace? Do they not rather seem
Dazzled by lustres in continual stream,
Till night they find in such excessive day?
Art thou not prone, with too intense a ray,
To gild the hope improbable, the dream
Of fancied good?--or bid the sigh upbraid
Imaginary evils, and involve
All real sorrow in a darker shade?
To fond credulity, to rash resolve
Dost thou not prompt, till reason's sacred aid
And fair discretion in thy fires dissolve?

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Anna Seward's poem: Sonnet 28: O, Genius! Does Thy Sun-Resembling Beam

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