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To Mr. Page On His Marriage to Miss Lowther

Friend of my heart! may this auspicious day
Renew those blessings which you once enjoyed.
Oh! may they ne'er again be snatched away,
Nor e'er thy peace of mind again destroyed.
May all thy sorrows past be like a dream,
From which the troubled sleeper wakes to bliss;
So shall thy past and future blessings seem
But one protracted scene of happiness.
Whate'er of earthly, or of heavenly charms
Adorned thy Fanny's form, or face or mind
When bounteous heaven gave her to thy arms;
On! mays't thou in thy Margarita find.
Thus with each charm and grace and virtue stored,
Which heaven propitious to thy Fanny gave,
In her, thy Fanny's self shall be restored
And e'en on earth shall triumph o'er the grave.
Mar. 27, 1790