Poems by the late Hon. William R. Spencer A New Edition with Corrections and Additions; To Which is Prefixed A Biographical Memoir by the Editor |
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TO MRS. SPENCER,
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TO MRS. SPENCER,
ON HER BIRTHDAY, WITH SOME GREEN-HOUSE FLOWERS.
Few, but all thornless, are these flowers,
The green-house saved from wintry showers;
So memory still in grief retains
Few joys, but all unmix'd with pains!
The green-house saved from wintry showers;
So memory still in grief retains
Few joys, but all unmix'd with pains!
May green-house sweets remind thee more
Of Springs to come than Summers o'er,
Past bliss each present care beguile,
And Hope be born from Memory's smile.
Of Springs to come than Summers o'er,
Past bliss each present care beguile,
And Hope be born from Memory's smile.
Jan. 21st, 1815.
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