The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop ... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare |
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TO THE SAME,
ON ANOTHER ANNIVERSARY OF THE SAME DAY. WITH HIS OWN PROFILE IN SHADOW.
In many an emblem's better part,
I've pictur'd oft, your head and heart;
Permit me now to let you see,
A Shadow, that should look like me;
The Shadow of a Man obscure,
In all, but one dear treasure, poor;
Yet more than wealthy, happy too,
To call that one dear treasure—You!
I've pictur'd oft, your head and heart;
Permit me now to let you see,
A Shadow, that should look like me;
The Shadow of a Man obscure,
In all, but one dear treasure, poor;
Yet more than wealthy, happy too,
To call that one dear treasure—You!
The Shadow of a Man, whose eye
Could Worth in Beauty's form descry:
Mark'd where the worthiest charm the most;
And saw in You, all each could boast;
And seeing, lov'd; and loving, thought,
The more he lov'd, the more he ought.
Could Worth in Beauty's form descry:
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And saw in You, all each could boast;
And seeing, lov'd; and loving, thought,
The more he lov'd, the more he ought.
The Shadow of a Man, who knows
How likeness from affection grows;
And his own Virtue best secures,
When most he feels, and honours Yours.
How likeness from affection grows;
And his own Virtue best secures,
When most he feels, and honours Yours.
In short, mere Shadow, as it is,
Queer copy of as queer a Phiz,
This mimic bawble of a face,
Assumes a style, and claims a place,
All other Pride and Praise above—
—The Shadow of the Man You love!
Queer copy of as queer a Phiz,
This mimic bawble of a face,
Assumes a style, and claims a place,
All other Pride and Praise above—
—The Shadow of the Man You love!
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