To the Honourable Mrs. Spencer, on her removing from Windsor to Rookly in Hampshire. Mary Barber 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. T42622 519 p. 45 Barber, Mary, ca. 1690-1757. Poems on Several Occasions [poems only]. London Printed for C. Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard 1734 pp. 222-223. xlviii,283,[7]p.; 8⁰.

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To the Honourable Mrs. Spencer "Georgiana, daughter of Lord Carteret; married in 1734 the Hon George Spencer, younger son of the third Earl of Sunderland." (Tucker [1992], 225) , on her removing from Windsor to Rookly in Hampshire . Where-e'er you go , some Actions still we hear , Which make the Goodness of your Mind appear . Hibernia early saw those Seeds of Worth , In your fair Breast , which now shoot nobly forth ; Foresaw the Hopes you gave , matur'd by Time , And griev'd to yield you to a happier Clime . Tho' to the Height of all your Wishes bless'd , Yet still your Sighs can rise for the Distress'd : So young , so good ! Georgina , 'tis thy Fate , To be admir'd , and lov'd in ev'ry State . How does thy Manner to thy Words impart Some won'drous Pow'r to gain upon the Heart , Engaging All ! — Beneficence we see , Tho' fair Herself , yet owing Charms to Thee : O fitted Thou for Spencer's Race , who scorn To think they only for Themselves were born ! London , September 20. 1734.