Written in a Copy of Psyche WHICH HAD BEEN IN THE LIBRARY OF C. J. FOX. April, 1809. Mary Tighe (née Blachford) Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Written in a Copy of Psyche WHICH HAD BEEN IN THE LIBRARY OF C. J. FOX . April , 1809. DEAR consecrated page ! methinks in thee The patriot's eye hath left eternal light , Beaming o'er every line with influence bright A grace unknown before , nor due to me : And still delighted fancy loves to see The flattering smile which prompt indulgence might ( Even while he read what lowliest Muse could write ) Have hung upon that lip , whose melody Truth , sense , and liberty had called their own . For strength of mind and energy of thought , With all the loveliest weakness of the heart , An union beautiful in him had shewn ; And yet where'er the eye of taste found aught To praise , he loved the critic's gentlest part .