The Canons of Criticism and Glossary Being A Supplement to Mr. Warburton's Edition of Shakespear ... The Sixth Edition, with Additions [with] The Trial of the Letter y, alias Y, and Sonnets [by Thomas Edwards] |
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SONNET IX.
To the Memory of Mrs. M. Paice.
Peace to thy ashes, to thy memory Fame,
Fair paragon of merit feminine;
In forming whom kind Nature did inshrine
A mind angelic in a faultless frame;
Fair paragon of merit feminine;
In forming whom kind Nature did inshrine
A mind angelic in a faultless frame;
Through every stage of changing life the same,
How did thy bright example ceaseless shine;
And every grace with every virtue join,
To raise the Virgin's and the Matron's name!
How did thy bright example ceaseless shine;
And every grace with every virtue join,
To raise the Virgin's and the Matron's name!
In thee Religion, chearful, and serene,
Unsour'd by superstition, spleen, or pride,
Through all the social offices of life,
To shed its genuine influence was seen;
This thy chief ornament, thy surest guide,
This form'd the Daughter, Parent, Friend, and Wife.
Unsour'd by superstition, spleen, or pride,
Through all the social offices of life,
To shed its genuine influence was seen;
This thy chief ornament, thy surest guide,
This form'd the Daughter, Parent, Friend, and Wife.
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