TO THE MEMORY OF A LADY, Whom the Author much esteemed when very young. Eliza Day Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T132359 Daye, Eliza, b. ca. 1734. Poems, on Various Subjects. Liverpool Printed by J. M'Creery 1798 pp. [122]-123. [2],x,[4],258p.; 8°

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TO THE MEMORY OF A LADY , Whom the Author much esteemed when very young . IF gratitude was e'er a debt , Or friendship were a tye , Then will I think on Margaret , Till I shall droop and die . To me succeeding years have shewn , Thou wert a peerless maid ; For years alas ! are past and gone , Since thou in dust wert laid . The hours of folly , light and vain , I count a loss to me ; But pleasures in reflection's train , Are those I pass'd with thee . To follow thy engaging worth , My early days inclin'd ; And now I fondly call them forth , To cheer my pensive mind . Not dearer to my youthful heart , My early fancy's pride , Than now , when sicken'd hopes depart , And pleasing scenes subside . How oft the time I would prolong , When listening to thy tongue ; For who with wisdom lived so long , That ever died so young .