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ON A FAN
1 NOW I've painted these flowers, say what can I do,
2 To render them worthy acceptance from you?
3 I know of no sybil, whose wonderful art
4 Could to them superior virtues impart,
5 Who, of magical influence wonders could tell,
6 And, who over each blossom could mutter a spell.
7 You only the humbler enchantments can prove,
8 That arise from esteem, from respect, and from love:
9 With such I assail you, and pow'rful the charm,
10 When applied to a heart sympathetic and warm;
11 To a heart such as that, which, if right I divine,
12 O C—ll—n—n! dwells in that bosom of thine.
Nov. 10, 1795.
Source edition
Betham, Mary Matilda, 1776-1852. Elegies and Other Small Poems, by Matilda Betham. Ipswich: Printed by W. Burrell, and sold by Longman, Paternoster-Row, and Jermyn and Forster, Ipswich, 1797, p. [56]. (ESTC T143264)
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Other works by (Mary) Matilda Betham
- ARTHUR and ALBINA. ()
- [CANTATA DELLO STESSO.] TRANSLATION. ()
- [CANTATA. [DELL] METASTAISO.] TRANSLATION. ()
- CEN'LIN, PRINCE OF MERCIA. ()
- THE COMPLAINT OF FANCY. To A. R. C. ()
- EDITHA ()
- FRAGMENT. ()
- FRAGMENT. ()
- THE FRATERNAL DUEL. ()
- HUMAN PLEASURE OR PAIN. ()
- IN A LETTER to A.R.C. ON HER WISHING TO BE CALLED ANNA. ()
- IN MEMORY OF Mr. AGOSTINO ISOLA, OF CAMBRIDGE, Who died on the 5th of June, 1797. ()
- INVITATION, To J. B. C. ()
- [LA FORTUNA. DELLO STESSO.] TRANSLATION. ()
- THE LONELY WALK To W. S. B. ()
- ON THE EVE OF DEPARTURE From O — ()
- THE OUTLAW ()
- PHILEMON. ()
- RHAPSODY ()
- [SONETTO. DI GIOVANNI DELLA CASA.] SONNET, TO SLEEP. TRANSLATION ()
- THE TERRORS OF GUILT ()
- TO M. I. ()
- TO M. I. ()
- TO SIMPLICITY. ()
- TO THE NUNS OF BODNEY. ()
- Written April the 18th, 1796. ()
- Written in London, on the 19th of March 1796. ()
- WRITTEN IN ZIMMERMANN's SOLITUDE. ()
- WRITTEN ON WHITSUN-MONDAY 1795. ()