My Mind and its Thoughts, in Sketches, Fragments, and Essays

Morton, Sarah Wentworth (1759-1846)

My Mind AND ITS THOUGHTS, IN SKETCHES, FRAGMENTS, AND ESSAYS;

TO GEORGE HENRY APTHORP.

LINES TO JOHN C. WARREN, M. D. OF BOSTON, MASS.

STANZAS

STANZAS TO DISAPPOINTMENT.

TO MR. STUART.

INSCRIPTION,

SONG.

INSCRIPTIONS. Intended for a little Island upon the Schuylkill, belonging to the proprietor of the Woodlands; at whose request the following were hastily written.

SONG OF THE RUNIC BARD.

TO LEWIS HERVEY, ESQ.

INJUNCTION TO D. W. L.

CHARACTERISTIC SONGS.

SUCCESSFUL LOVER.

SONG.

TO A BEAUTIFUL INFANT.

LINES TO A LADY, DANCING.

TO THE HON. JOHN JAY.

TO HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN JAY,

SONNET, TO MAJOR GENERAL LINCOLN.

SONNET TO THE FULL SUMMER MOON.

SONNET TO ADVERSITY.

STANZAS TO AARON BURR.

LINES TO MRS. MONTGOMERY.

CHARACTERISTIC PORTRAIT.

MONODIES, Elegies, and Stanzas.

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STANZAS,

TO A RECENTLY UNITED HUSBAND.

In vain, upon that hand reclined,
I call each plighted worth my own,
Or rising to thy sovereign mind,
Say that it reigns for me alone.

Since, subject to its ardent sway,
How many hearts were left to weep,
To find the granted wish decay,
And the triumphant passion sleep?

Such were, of love the transient flame,
Which by the kindling senses led,
To every new attraction came,
And from the known endearment fled.

Unlike the gentle care that flows,
With all the blest affections give,
Unlike the generous hope that knows
But for a kinder self to live.

Was theirs the tender glance to speak
Timid, through many a sparkling tear,
The ever changing hue of cheek,
Its flush of joy—its chill of fear?

Or theirs the full expanded thought,
By taste and moral sense refined—
Each moment with instruction fraught,
The tutored elegance of mind?

Be mine the sacred truth that dwells
On ONE, by kindred virtues known,

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And mine, the chastened glance, which tells
That sacred truth to HIM alone.

No sordid hope's insidious guise,
No venal pleasure's serpent twine,
Invite those soul-illumined eyes,
And blend this feeling heart with thine.

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STANZAS,

TO A RECENTLY UNITED HUSBAND.