SONNET TO CELIA. 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. [156]-157. [2],x,[4],258p.; 8°

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SONNET TO CELIA . NO theme the poet more has mourn'd , Or faded more his bays ; Than flattery the world has scorn'd , For flattery is not praise . But Celia , while my song shall live , Thy merits too shall shine ; Thy worth to praise can sanction give , And to preserve be mine . When what thou wert and they should be , The fair in future read , Them , proud of emulating thee , Shall thy example lead . The beauty whom thy pattern warms , No vanity shall stain ; For tho' adorn'd with beauty's charms , Celia was never vain . Her graceful form , her heavenly smile , Her cheeks of vermil dye ; Kind nature lavish'd all her spoil , My Celia to supply . The damask rose and lily fair , And coral , seas beneath ; The graces gave her winning air , The spring her balmy breath . Mild as fair summer's setting sun , Was her benignant eye ; Her voice according hearts has won , And discord tun'd to joy . But nature's gifts improv'd we find , Fair Celia can impart ; Charms pointed by her cultur'd mind , And virtues of her heart .