11 May 2025

Diary Extract 19 May 11 1760

Lord's Day, May 11

The earth resplendent Phœbus cheers,
And bright the morning light appears;
The fruitful ground, refresh'd with showers,
Unbosoms now the fairest flowers:
Far otherwise, alas! my mind,
To good averse, to ill inclined.

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