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[Page 68]
To Miss Moor, On her FIRE-SCREEN.
1 When gloomy Winter's clad in Snow,
2 Without one chearful Shade of Green;
3 When one blank View is all the Shew,
4 And not a Leaf or Flower seen;
5 When now the shiv'ring feather'd Throng
6 To distant warmer Regions fly,
7 Or wanting Food, or chill'd with Frost,
8 Or by the fatal Powder die:
9 You, my young fair one, of your own
10 A new Creation can provide:
11 Your Flow'rs gay blooming as in May,
12 Your Trees the sharpest Frost abide.
[Page 69]13 The Flow'rs ne'er fade, nor drop the Fruits,
14 Nor fades the Verdure of the Fields;
15 All the gay Seasons in one Scene,
16 The ever-pleasing Prospect yields.
17 'Tis true, the Music of the Birds,
18 Escapes your Art, nor strikes your Ear.
19 But see them pearching on the Trees,
20 As if delighted to be here.
21 Your tender Mind's a fertile Soil;
22 May all the Graces flourish there!
23 May Modesty protect the Whole,
24 And, as your Face, your Name be fair!
Source edition
Chandler, Mary, 1687-1745. The Description Of Bath. A Poem. Humbly Inscribed To Her Royal Highness the Princess Amelia. By Mrs. Mary Chandler. The Third Edition. To which are added, Several Poems by the same Author [poems only]. London: Printed for James Leake, Bookseller in Bath, 1736, pp. 68-69. 77p. (ESTC T63103) (Page images digitized from a copy at Princeton University.)
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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 Mary Chandler
- A Description of Bath. Humbly Inscribed to Her Royal Highness the Princess Amelia. ()
- A LETTER to Lady F—. From the Other World. ()
- A Letter to the Right Honourable the Lady Russel. Written at her Ladyship's Desire, on the Conversation at Breakfast. ()
- My Own EPITAPH. ()
- My WISH. ()
- On Mr. B—'s Garden. To Mrs. S—. ()
- On my Recovery. ()
- A POEM on the Princess Amelia. In Answer to Damon, who invited the Nymphs of Bath, to sing her Praise. ()
- A SONG. ()
- To Dr. Oliver, Who corrected my Bath Poem. ()
- To Mrs. Boteler. A Description of her Garden. ()
- To Mrs. Jacob, On her Seat called, The Rocks, in Gloucestershire. ()
- To Mrs. Moor, A Poem on Friendship. Written in 1729. ()
- To Mrs. Shales. ()
- To Mrs. Stephens. ()
- To Mrs. Ward. ()
- To the Reverend Doctor S—. An Invitation to a Morning-Walk in the Spring. ()
- To the Reverend Mr. Sam. Chandler. On WISDOM. ()