On being desired to attempt writing a Comedy. <br /> <br />WOULD'ST thou then have me tempt the comic scene <br />Of gay Thalia? used so long to tread <br />The gloomy paths of sorrow's cypress shade; <br />And the lorn lay with sighs and tears to stain? <br />Alas! how much unfit her sprightly vein, <br />Arduous to try!--and seek the sunny mead, <br />And bowers of roses, where she loves to lead <br />The sportive subjects of her golden reign! <br />Enough for me, if still, to sooth my days, <br />Her fair and pensive sister condescend, <br />With tearful smile to bless my simple lays; <br />Enough, if her soft notes she sometimes lend, <br />To gain for me of feeling hearts the praise, <br />And chiefly thine, my ever partial friend!<br /><br />Charlotte Smith<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-xxix-to-miss-c/
