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EPITAPH IV. ON MRS. TATTON,
IN THE CHURCH OF WITHENSHAW IN CHESHIRE.
If e'er on earth true happiness were found'Twas thine, blest Shade! that happiness to prove;
A father's fondest wish thy duty crown'd,
Thy softer virtues fix'd a husband's love.
Ah! when he led thee to the nuptial fane,
How smil'd the morning with auspicious rays!
How triumph'd Youth, and Beauty, in thy train,
And flatt'ring Health that promis'd length of days!
Heav'n join'd your hearts. Three pledges of your joy
Were giv'n, in thrice the years revolving round—
Here, Reader! pause; and own, with pitying eye,
That “not on earth true happiness is found.”
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