Poems on Several Occasions With Anne Boleyn to King Henry VIII. An Epistle. By Mrs. Elizabeth Tollet. The Second Edition |
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This Off'ring, Lord! I to thy Altar bring,Now Sorrow has untun'd my Voice to sing:
Yet thus I sung, when thy auspicious Praise
Inspir'd my humble Muse in better Days.
But what is Life? while Youth is fresh and strong
Unfelt it bears the destin'd Load along:
Advancing onwards to maturer Years,
The Path, alas! is thro' the Vale of Tears.
The Harvest blasted what have I to give?
This Sheaf, the Tribute of the Field, receive.
1732.
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