Sonnet Addressed to My Mother Mary Tighe (née Blachford) 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. Tighe, Mary, 1772-1810. Psyche, With Other Poems. London Printed for LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW 1811 p. [1]. 314p.

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Sonnet Addressed to My Mother OH , thou ! whose tender smile most partially Hath ever blessed thy child : to thee belong The graces which adorn my first wild song , If aught of grace it knows : nor thou deny Thine ever prompt attention to supply . But let me lead thy willing ear along , Where virtuous love still bids the strain prolong His innocent applause ; since from thine eye The beams of love first charmed my infant breast , And from thy lip Affection's soothing voice That eloquence of tenderness expressed , Which still my grateful heart confessed divine : Oh ! ever may its accents sweet rejoice The soul which loves to own whate'er it has is thine !