Classic Poem

This is no sparkling summer day that turns
To Poesy each gladsome thought and feeling,
While the cheered heart a grateful lesson learns
From all that nature is around revealing.
'Tis cold and cloudy, yet can I procure
From Friendship , and the Muse's Inspiration,
Dear L ARGUE , a light and warmth which shall endure
Till failing life find its last destination.
And though we meet no longer as of late,
With cheerful converse many a care beguiling,
Yet thoughts of thee revisit my lone state,
And bring thy kindly words and gentle smiling;
And these returning to me, I can mock
The tyrant's wile and changeful fortune's shock.