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[Page 48]
ON BEHOLDING ARTHUR ASLEEP.
1 Sweet be thy sleep my only love!
2 Serene and soft thy slumbers be;
3 But should thy sleeping fancy rove,
4 Guide it ye pitying powers to me!
5 Disclose my image to his view,
6 This faithful bosom true and kind;
7 Whisper, my present smiling care,
8 Can ill display my anxious mind.
9 Long may my arm support his head,
10 Or kinder still this beating breast,
11 His slumb'ring hours to fondly watch,
12 When waking charm his soul to rest.
13 With silent pleasure I will wait,
14 With duteous, tender care attend
15 Thy gentle slumbers, busy hours,
16 My guide, my love, my husband, friend!
17 Ye powers! but I may spare the prayer,
18 Such worth good angels will employ,
19 The sweet reflection of a life so pure,
20 Insures my Arthur dreams of peaceful joy.
[Page 49]21 Ye ever bright, celestial shining train,
22 That guide the actions of the good and brave,
23 Oh deign! to aid my fond, yet feeble power,
24 To bless that life, I pray kind Heav'n to save.
About this text
Author: Isabella Kelly (née Fordyce)
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occasional poem
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Kelly, Isabella, 1759-1857. Collection of Poems and Fables on Several Occasions. London: W. Richardson, 1794, pp. 48-49. 72p. (ESTC T122123) (Page images digitized from a copy at the British Library.)
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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 Isabella Kelly (née Fordyce)
- ANSWER TO THE SONG OF 'TRUST NOT MAN,' &c. ()
- The CHOICE; or, DULL HOUR PAST. ()
- THE EAGLE, THE KITE, AND THE COCK. An Emblematic Fable, most respectfully addressed to the Right Hon. General C——y. Written in the year 1788. ()
- EPITAPH ON A FAVORITE TAME CHICKEN. ()
- EXTEMPORE AFTER A DISPUTE AT DUNKERQUE. ()
- EXTEMPORE in the GARDEN of a CONVENT belonging to LES SOEURS NOIR, à BOURBURG. ()
- EXTEMPORE ON ARRIVING IN THE COUNTRY. ()
- THE HAWK, THE MAGPIES, AND THE PIGEONS. A Fable, very respectfully addressed to the Hon. Mrs. E—tw—k. ()
- IN THE BLANK LEAF OF LORD LYTTELTON'S WORKS. ()
- LINES FOR THE BLANK LEAF OF MY PRAYER BOOK: WRITTEN ON A SUNDAY. ()
- MIRANDA and the RED-BREAST. A FABLE FOR THE LADIES. ()
- ON A CHILD'S BIRTH DAY. ()
- ON THE RIGHT HONORABLE GENERAL C——Y LOSING HIS ELECTION FOR BURY ST. EDMUND'S. ()
- REFLECTIONS AFTER VIEWING A SCENE OF DISTRESS. ()
- THE REFORMED MAN OF FASHION, TO HIS FRIEND. ()
- RETIRED THOUGHTS TO A DEPARTED INFANT. ()
- TO A BROTHER, ON ENTERING THE ARMY. ()
- TO A WANDERING HUSBAND, FROM A DESERTED WIFE. ()
- TO AN UNBORN INFANT. ()
- To ARTHUR. ()
- TO THE MEMORY OF AN HONEST MAN, MR. B. D., ADDRESSED TO HIS WIDOW. ()
- To the MEMORY of ELIZA F——E, AN EXEMPLARY MOTHER. ()
- TO THE MEMORY OF LIEUT. JAMES ABERNETHIE, LOST ON BOARD THE GLORIEUX, 1782. ()
- TO THE MEMORY OF THE HONORABLE MISS CAROLINE CAMPBEL. ()
- TO THE MEMORY OF THE LAMENTED MR. ROBERT HAWKE K——Y. ()
- TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE CAPTAIN T. H. ABBOTT. RESPECTFULLY ADDRESSED TO THE OFFICERS OF THE ARTILLERY. ()
- THE VISION. ()
- WRITTEN IN VERY DEEP AFFLICTION. ()