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TO THE MEMORY OF A LADY,

Whom the Author much esteemed when very young.

1 IF gratitude was e'er a debt,
2 Or friendship were a tye,
3 Then will I think on Margaret,
4 Till I shall droop and die.
5 To me succeeding years have shewn,
6 Thou wert a peerless maid;
7 For years alas! are past and gone,
8 Since thou in dust wert laid.
9 The hours of folly, light and vain,
10 I count a loss to me;
11 But pleasures in reflection's train,
12 Are those I pass'd with thee.
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13 To follow thy engaging worth,
14 My early days inclin'd;
15 And now I fondly call them forth,
16 To cheer my pensive mind.
17 Not dearer to my youthful heart,
18 My early fancy's pride,
19 Than now, when sicken'd hopes depart,
20 And pleasing scenes subside.
21 How oft the time I would prolong,
22 When listening to thy tongue;
23 For who with wisdom lived so long,
24 That ever died so young.

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Title (in Source Edition): TO THE MEMORY OF A LADY, Whom the Author much esteemed when very young.
Author: Eliza Day
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Genres: occasional poem

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Daye, Eliza, b. ca. 1734. Poems, on Various Subjects. Liverpool: Printed by J. M'Creery, 1798, pp. [122]-123. [2],x,[4],258p.; 8° (ESTC T132359) (Page images digitized by University of California Libraries.)

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