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TO THE MEMORY OF SUSAN MACDONALD,
ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR ARCHIBALD MACDONALD, LORD CHIEF BARON OF ENGLAND, AND THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LADY LOUISA MACDONALD; WHO DIED AT LISBON, WHERE SHE WENT FOR THE RECOVERY OF HER HEALTH, MARCH 1803, IN THE 22d YEAR OF HER AGE.
LED by paternal Love's protecting hand,Where golden Tagus laves the Lusian strand,
In search of balmy Health, we saw thee part,
While Hope spoke comfort to the doubting heart.
Vain were, alas! the promises she gave!—
The blossom fell, and dropp'd into the grave!
These airy forms, which erst thy hand pourtray'd,
Recal to Fancy's eye thy parted shade:
Taste shall thy early talents learn to mourn,
While sacred Friendship marks thy distant Urn.
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