TO THE SAME. 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. [158]-159. [2],x,[4],258p.; 8°

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TO THE SAME . NOT every gem a diamond proves , Nor every bud a rose ; Nor know we as life onward moves , What future days disclose . Fair Celia when an infant mild , Bright hopes her dawn bespoke ; But oft the promise of the child , Maturer age has broke . In Celia numerous virtues shone , Each were at generous strife ; Which most adorning we should own , In Celia's varied life . And magnanimity was there , And resignation mild ; That firmly could her evils bear , Or thro' her tears they smil'd . And see the generous virtues soar , In Celia's happier days ; Soft sympathy to help the poor , And the dejected raise . Hopes which her infant spring had mov'd , Meridian days disclose ; And every gem a diamond prov'd , And every bud a rose .