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TO MR. AND MRS. SCOTT,

ON THEIR MARRIAGE.

What Dower has gentle Kate to show?”—
—Good-humour's comfortable glow;
Voice, gesture, looks, that say,
One tried in pious Duty's part,
A Maid with all a Mother's heart,
Becomes a Bride to-day.
Let Him, whose prudent choice prefers
Her, and endowments such as hers,

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Give bliss, as he is blest;
Devote his own, to aid her powers;
With love relieve her careful hours,
With love endear the rest.
Let Kate with sweet complacence earn,
With grace receive, with joy return,
Each proof of tender zeal;
For every praise, have every plea;
Be, all the fondest Wives can be;
Feel, all the happiest feel.