<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=353968" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sonnet IX</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">TO THE COUNTESS HELÉNE ZAVADOWSKY.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">WHEN our young Queen put on her rightful crown <br>In Gothic Westminster's long-hallow'd walls, <br>The eye upon no lovelier sight look'd down <br>Than thou, fair Russian! Memory still recalls <br>The soft light of thy sapphire-colour'd eyes, <br>The rich twine of thy simply-braided hair, <br>And the low murmur of the crowd's surprise <br>To see thee pass along so strangely fair. <br>Nor didst thou charm by looks and smiles alone,-- <br>Thy 'broken English' had its share of grace; <br>For something in thy accent and thy tone <br>So match'd the beauty of thy gentle face, <br>We seem'd to hear our old familiar words <br>Set to some foreign lute or harp's melodious chords!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Caroline+Elizabeth+Sarah+Norton">Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=353968" data-title="Sonnet IX de Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton" data-description="TO THE COUNTESS HELÉNE ZAVADOWSKY. WHEN our young Queen put on her rightful crown In Gothic Westminster's long-hallow'd walls, The eye upon no lovelier sight look'd down Than thou, fair Russian! Memory still recalls The soft light of thy sap..."></div> </div> </div>

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