Psyche, with other poems By the late Mrs. Henry Tighe. The third edition |
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SONNET ADDRESSED TO MY MOTHER. |
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SONNET ADDRESSED TO MY MOTHER.
Oh, thou! whose tender smile most partiallyHath ever blessed thy child: to thee belong
The graces which adorn my first wild song,
If aught of grace it knows: nor thou deny
Thine ever prompt attention to supply.
But let me lead thy willing ear along,
Where virtuous love still bids the strain prolong
His innocent applause; since from thine eye
The beams of love first charmed my infant breast,
And from thy lip Affection's soothing voice
That eloquence of tenderness expressed,
Which still my grateful heart confessed divine:
Oh! ever may its accents sweet rejoice
The soul which loves to own whate'er it has is thine!
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