ON A CHILD'S BIRTH DAY. Isabella Kelly (née Fordyce) 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. T122123 Kelly, Isabella, 1759-1857. Collection of Poems and Fables on Several Occasions. London W. Richardson 1794 p. 49. 72p.

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ON A CHILD'S BIRTH DAY . Smiling blessings , pleasures gay , Grace sweet Shirley's natal day , Brighten still her opening scene , Ever be the day serene ! May each virtue grace her mind , Her temper meek , her sense refined , Be her gentle , guiltless breast , The fair abode of peace and rest ! Innocence her steps await , And shield her from the storms of fate ; Virtue be her darling pride , And guardian angels be her guide ; May kind Heaven's protecting power , Shield her to her latest hour ! Deign to aid a parent's care , To make her good as she is fair ! And may sweet Shirley still inherit , Her mother's virtues , father's spirit !