The Poetical Works of Anna Seward With Extracts from her Literary Correspondence. Edited by Walter Scott ... In Three Volumes |
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ON LADY MILLER
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ON LADY MILLER
INSCRIBED ON HER MONUMENT IN THE ABBEY CHURCH, BATH.
Once, in this now cold breast, those virtues shone,
Which tender thought, and lasting record claim;
Then, 'mid the wrecks of time, devoted stone,
Uninjur'd bear thy Miller's spotless name!
Which tender thought, and lasting record claim;
Then, 'mid the wrecks of time, devoted stone,
Uninjur'd bear thy Miller's spotless name!
When clos'd the numerous eyes, that round her bier
Have wept the loss of wide-extended worth,
O, gentle Stranger! may one generous tear
Drop, as thou bendest o'er this hallow'd earth!
Have wept the loss of wide-extended worth,
O, gentle Stranger! may one generous tear
Drop, as thou bendest o'er this hallow'd earth!
Are truth, and science, love, and pity thine,
With liberal charity and faith sincere?
Then rest thy wandering step beneath this shrine,
And greet a kindred Spirit hovering near!
With liberal charity and faith sincere?
Then rest thy wandering step beneath this shrine,
And greet a kindred Spirit hovering near!
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