The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop ... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare |
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TO THE SAME,
WITH A COPY OF MADAM SÉVIGNÉ'S LETTERS.
Such was, in France, but in another age,
A polish'd Woman's sweetly moral Page;
Taught by a Mother's Feelings to display
An Heart so tender, in a Style so gay!
A polish'd Woman's sweetly moral Page;
Taught by a Mother's Feelings to display
An Heart so tender, in a Style so gay!
Mary! 'tis yours th' alternate part to prove!
How Filial, can return Maternal Love!
To urge a claim on present Excellence plac'd;
Perfect in Act; as Sévigné was in Taste!
How Filial, can return Maternal Love!
To urge a claim on present Excellence plac'd;
Perfect in Act; as Sévigné was in Taste!
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While conscious Candor shall rejoice to learn,
From what She wrote, and what your Virtues earn,
That Heav'n appropriates Genius, to no time;
Sense, to no sex; and Merit, to no clime!
From what She wrote, and what your Virtues earn,
That Heav'n appropriates Genius, to no time;
Sense, to no sex; and Merit, to no clime!
Superior Minds, like Stars, o'er infinite space,
With separate radiance, various orbits trace:
But when impell'd by Pious Ardor's force,
(Whate'er their period, magnitude, or course,)
Rise in full glow; and shine sublimely fair!—
—For Nature's noblest Energies center there.
With separate radiance, various orbits trace:
But when impell'd by Pious Ardor's force,
(Whate'er their period, magnitude, or course,)
Rise in full glow; and shine sublimely fair!—
—For Nature's noblest Energies center there.
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