| Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867. | | | | The Winter’s Morn | | By William Sotheby (1757–1833) |
| | | ARTIST unseen! that, dipt in frozen dew, | |
| Hast on the glittering glass thy pencil laid, | |
| Ere from yon sun the transient visions fade, | |
| Swift let me trace the forms thy fancy drew! | |
| Thy towers and palaces of diamond hue, | 5 |
| Rivers and lakes of lucid crystal made, | |
| And hung in air hoar trees of branching shade, | |
| That liquid pearl distil: thy scenes renew, | |
| Whate’er old bards or later fictions feign, | |
| Of secret grottos underneath the wave, | 10 |
| Where Nereids roof with spar the amber cave; | |
| Or bowers of bliss, where sport the fairy train, | |
| Who, frequent by the moonlight wanderer seen, | |
| Circle with radiant gems the dewy green. | | | | |
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