ON THE MARRIAGE OF MISS JOHANNA GALE WITH THE REV. P. GRAHAM, RECTOR OF ARTHURET. 18TH FEBRUARY, 1792. Susanna Blamire 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. Blamire, Susanna, 1747-1794. The Poetical Works of Miss Susanna Blamire “The muse of Cumberland.” Now for the first time collected by Henry Lonsdale, M.D. with a preface, memoir, and notes by Patrick Maxwell, ... Edinburgh John Menzies, 61 Princes Street; R. Tyas, London; D. Robertson, Glasgow; and C. Thurnam, Carlisle. MDCCCXLII. 1842 pp. 225-226.

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ON THE MARRIAGE OF MISS JOHANNA GALE WITH THE REV. P. GRAHAM , RECTOR OF ARTHURET . 18TH FEBRUARY , 1792. ONCE a grove of sweet myrtles soft Venus would rear , And wreath it with roses around ; 'Twas a green shade for Hope in each change of the year , In which she lik'd best to be found . Hymen mark'd out the spot , and would plant some sweet flower , So he set down his gay torch the while , Which Cupid snatch'd up to set fire to the bower , For he joys in a mischievous wile . The taper burnt clear , yet no leaf would consume , Nor wither , nor drop from the spray ; It just warm'd the buds , and increas'd their perfume , Like the incense that's offered to May . Hope ran from her covert , to Hymen she flew , He smil'd , and to comfort her said ; " Your grove's in no danger , 'tis sacred to you And a meek blue-eyed beautiful maid . My torch for the purpose I've dipp'd in a flame So lambent , it seems but to burn ; 'Twas lit for a pair whose one wish is the same , Which from heart back to heart will return . While this sweet wish to please circles thro' every day , Thy myrtle-bower's verdure shall last ; And the heart looking back shall perceive no decay , Though the blossoms of Spring are all past . "