To Hope. Catherine Rebecca Grey, Lady Manners 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. T173070 Manners, Catherine Rebecca, Lady, 1766 or 1767-1852. Poems by Lady Manners. Second edition. London John Bell 1793 pp. [82]-83. 126p.

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To Hope . DELUSIVE companion of youth , Who , careless of present and past , In prospect , unmindful of truth , Canst flatter the wretch to the last ! Benignant deceiver , whose sway Alone can life's pilgrimage glad , Whose presence makes Misery gay , And whose absence Prosperity sad ! Say , where dost thou love to reside , Humanity's woes to assuage ? Youth's sanguine pursuits dost thou guide , Or soften the rigour of Age ? Or dost thou with Piety join , The pillow of Sickness to smooth , On the breasts of the dying recline , And their fears by thy promises sooth ? Dost thou tell them how vain each desire , Which saddens die children of clay ? And the cheering reflection inspire , That Death to true life leads the way ? If such thou wilt visit my breast , Come , friendly enchantress , ah come — This heart of each weakness divest , And fix its pursuits past the tomb !