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SONNET, IN MEMORY OF MARY JESUP, OF HALSTEAD.
WRITTEN IN A VOLUME OF SELECTIONS FROM HER LETTERS, &c.
A Christian matron of the
self-same school
With her whom he of Patmos knew, and loved,
Like her, for every Christian grace approved;
Minding like things, by the same simple rule
Seeking to walk; and in delight, or dool,
Tread duty's path, with thoughts which rarely roved
Beyond that narrow way: by scorn unmoved,
And willing, for Christ's sake, to be a fool!
I knew thee well; thy daily walk in life,
Thine hourly converse by the household hearth;
Thy cheerfulness, more gladdening far than mirth,
Since with no after pain or sorrow rife;
And gratefully, as mother, friend, and wife,
Can give this faithful record of thy worth.
With her whom he of Patmos knew, and loved,
Like her, for every Christian grace approved;
Minding like things, by the same simple rule
Seeking to walk; and in delight, or dool,
Tread duty's path, with thoughts which rarely roved
Beyond that narrow way: by scorn unmoved,
And willing, for Christ's sake, to be a fool!
I knew thee well; thy daily walk in life,
Thine hourly converse by the household hearth;
Thy cheerfulness, more gladdening far than mirth,
Since with no after pain or sorrow rife;
And gratefully, as mother, friend, and wife,
Can give this faithful record of thy worth.
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