Fruits of Retirement Or, Miscellaneous Poems, Moral and Divine. Being Some Contemplations, Letters, &c. Written on a Variety of Subjects and Occasions. By Mary Mollineux ... To which is Prefixed, Some Account of the Author |
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[Is worthy Mollineux now fall'n asleep] |
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[Is worthy Mollineux now fall'n asleep]
Is worthy Mollineux now fall'n asleep,In true Contentedness, and Silence deep?
Her Noble Blessed Soul yet lives above,
I'th' Everlasting Bliss, i'th' Father's Love;
Where she doth rest, whilst we our selves bemoan
Our Loss of her, in Vertue so well known.
And still her Memory remains alive
I'th' Hearts of all her Friends, which do survive;
Who knew her Vert'ous Mind, Life, Words, and Way,
That from her tender Youth, she did not stray
From Wisdom's Voice and Dictates in her Heart;
Whereby she was enabled to impart
Some Fruits thereof, while she was very Young,
To such as saw to what it did belong:
The tender Noble Seed of Grace and Truth
Did freely spring, when she was in her Youth;
And grew in her, as she increas'd in Years,
Bringing forth Fruit, as by her Book appears:
Of which, a Testimony rests behind,
As they that Read her Lines may fully find.
She did not strive, nor glory, to appear
In Gifts or Parts, but still to live in Fear;
Whence Wisdom's known to have a true Beginning,
And in the same she made a Faithful Ending.
T. R.
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