| Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867. | | | VI. Love Sonnets
1. “O for a castle on a woodland height!” | | By Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1813–1871) |
| | | O FOR a castle on a woodland height! | |
| High mountains round, and a pure stream below, | |
| Within all charms that tasteful hours invite, | |
| Wise books of poesy and music’s flow;— | |
| A grassy lawn through which to course our steeds, | 5 |
| A gothic chapel in seclusion reared, | |
| Where we could solace find for holiest needs, | |
| And grow by mutual rites the more endeared: | |
| How such captivity alone with thee | |
| Would lift to Paradise each passing day! | 10 |
| Then all revealed my patient love would be, | |
| And thou couldst not a full response delay; | |
| For Truth makes holy Love’s illusive dreams, | |
| And their best promise constantly redeems. | | | | |
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