| Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867. | | | | II. “Pent in this common sphere of sensual shows” | | By Paul Hamilton Hayne (1830–1886) |
| | | PENT in this common sphere of sensual shows, | |
| I pine for beauty,—beauty of fresh mien, | |
| And gentle utterance, and the charm serene, | |
| Wherewith the hue of mystic dreamland glows; | |
| I pine for lulling music, the repose | 5 |
| Of low-voiced waters, in some realm between | |
| The perfect Aidenn, and this clouded scene | |
| Of love’s sad loss, and passion’s mournful throes; | |
| A pleasant country, girt with twilight calm, | |
| In whose fair heaven a moon of shadowy round | 10 |
| Wades through a fading fall of sunset rain; | |
| Where drooping lotos flowers, distilling balm, | |
| Dream by the drowsy streamlets Sleep hath crowned, | |
| And Care forgets to sigh, and Patience conquers Pain. | | | | |
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