The Poetical Works of Thomas Pringle With A Sketch of his Life, by Leitch Ritchie |
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VII. TO A FEMALE RELATIVE.
Lady, when I behold thy thoughtful eyeDwelling benignantly upon thy Child,
Or hear thee, in maternal accents mild,
Speak of Departed Friends so tenderly—
It seems to me as years now long gone by
Were come again, with early visions fraught,
And hopes sublime, and heavenly musings, caught
From those kind eyes that watch'd my infancy!
Friend of my Mother! often in my heart
Thy kindred image shall with hers arise,
The throb of holier feeling to impart!
And aye that gentle Maid, whom sweetest ties
Of human care around thy soul entwine,
Shall with a brother's love be bound to mine.
1813.
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