| Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867. | | | | Adele | | By Henry Lynden Flash (1835?–1914) |
| | | ’T WOULD seem the Fairies, to excite surprise | |
| Among us mortals, had endowed Adele | |
| With baby-sprites that frolicked in her eyes, | |
| As erst they did upon some lily-bell: | |
| So gay and arch the lovely maiden seems, | 5 |
| My heart recalls the creature of its dreams | |
| In days that now are past,—the long-ago, | |
| When in my sleep I saw her, graceful, play | |
| Among the violets and roses gay, | |
| In flowery vales where now the thistles grow. | 10 |
| The beauty of my dreams has come again, | |
| And Joy is ringing out pale Sorrow’s knell,— | |
| The chimes are echoed in this simple strain; | |
| Wilt thou accept it, beautiful Adele? | | | | |
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