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Semira.
1 "TRANQUILLITY, celestial maid,
2 " Why hast thou fled my troubled breast?
3 "Vainly must I implore thine aid,
4 " And only hope in death for rest?
5 "I once was thy peculiar care,
6 " In infancy, and early youth:
7 "The victim now of blank Despair,
8 " I see thy smiles were void of truth.
9 "Only to sharpen Sorrow's dart,
10 " Deceitful friend, you smil'd on me:
11 "But, since you scorn my proffer'd heart,
12 " That heart no more shall plead to thee.
13 "But I'll invoke thee, gentle Death!
14 " Thou, certain cure for every pain,
15 "Shalt tell me at my latest breath,
16 " Our sorrows as our joys are vain.
17 "Come, then, kind soother of my woes,
18 " Prepare for me the welcome grave:
19 "On its cold lap I'll find repose,
20 " Which living I can never have. "
21 Thus mourn'd Semira, hapless fair,
22 By Disappointment's stings opprest:
23 The pitying Power receiv'd her prayer,
24 And life forsook her woe-worn breast.
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Manners, Catherine Rebecca, Lady, 1766 or 1767-1852. Poems by Lady Manners. Second edition. London: John Bell, 1793, pp. [76]-77. 126p. (ESTC T173070)
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Typography, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation have been cautiously modernized. The source of the text is given and all significant editorial interventions have been recorded in textual notes. This ECPA text has been edited to conform to the recommendations found in Level 5 of the Best Practices for TEI in Libraries version 4.0.0.
Other works by Catherine Rebecca Grey, Lady Manners
- Albert and Cecilia, a Norman Tale. ()
- The Child Of Sorrow. ()
- Eugenio and Eliza, a Tale. ()
- Gertrude. ()
- Lines Addressed to a Mother in Ireland. ()
- Lines on the Late Partition of Poland. ()
- On a Child. ()
- On Leaving Lehena, in October, M DCC LXXXVIII. ()
- On Leaving Steephill, August, M DCC XC. ()
- On Parting with a Mother, in M DCC XC. ()
- On Returning to Lehena, in May, M DCC LXXXVIII. ()
- On the Same. ()
- On the Same. ()
- Osmond and Matilda, A Tale. ()
- Reflections on the Prevalence of Fashion. ()
- Sent with Some Poems. ()
- To a Friend. Written in M DCC XC. ()
- To Adversity. ()
- To Contentment. ()
- To Hope. ()
- To Sensibility. ()
- To Solitude. ()
- Virtue. ()
- Written at Steephill, in the Isle of Wight, August, M DCC XC. ()
- Written in the Winter of MDCCXCI, Whilst on Barnet Field. ()
- Written in Winter. ()
- Written on Leicester Abbey. ()