AN UNFINISHED SONNET
The "Saturday Review" offered prizes for the completion of a poem left unfinished by Shelley,; the competitors 'to assume that the poet; had intended, to write a sonnet in Shakespearian .form. The following, by Mr P. R. Laird, v won the first prize.. (The-first four lines arid five words of the fifth line are Shelley's)':-:; : . ; Such hope,.as' is the . sick despair of good, ■ ' : . - ■;'.'. - ' ~,. Such fear as, is /the. certainty; of ;-.ill| Such doubt as ; is pale Expectation's! '.>food, ■ _ ' , ' ■ - .'" •■,.•-'.,. -j Turned while,, she tastes to poison; I when the will - Is powerless,, and , the ,•; spirit - a thin wraiths, ■ _ ':• . ■'• '■ Such hope,,Such fear,. suchj poisoned doubts are mine, , | > To-day, and ever, shall be;-nor can faith Buttress again the stair to stars that shine - , . In some fair firmament where . angels live, Or bridge for me this waste of wildei'ness... , ■ ... ' But I must still cre'ep here, and still forgive ' ' .. .. 5 False visions, and still seek forgetfulness; Until the pain, the fever, and--vain lust Crumble and perish in a nameless 'dust. ' • ' : '• ' : "'
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 29 May 1930, Page 7
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168AN UNFINISHED SONNET Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 29 May 1930, Page 7
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