Poems (Nealds)/To Ariel

by Adeline Martha Nealds

TO ARIEL.

Guardian Spirit! why forsake me?
 Why suspend thy friendly care?
Under thy protection take me;
 Let not danger hover near.

Whither, Ariel, dost thou wander?
 In what lovely shady grove,
Where soft murmuring rills meander,
 Stray'st thou with thy fairy love?

Come haste, return, dear Guardian Spirit!
 To W——— thy light steps bend
Thy friendship I will strive to merit,
 To thy sweet precepts I'll attend.