To the Memory of Margaret Tighe: TAKEN FROM US JUNE 7TH, 1804. — ÆTAT 85. 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 pp. 256-257. 314p.

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To the Memory of Margaret Tighe : TAKEN FROM US JUNE 7TH , 1804. — ÆTAT 85. SWEET , placid Spirit ! blest , supremely blest , Whose life was tranquil , and whose end was rest ; 'Tis not for thee our general tears shall flow , Our loss is selfish , selfish is our woe : We mourn a common parent , common friend , Centre , round whom thy children loved to bend : Where hands divided , met again to move In one sweet circle of united love : We mourn the tender , sympathising heart So prompt to aid , and share the sufferer's part ; The liberal hand , the kindly patient ear , Pity's soft sigh , and ever ready tear ; The graceful form , yet lovely in decay , The peace inspiring eye's benignant ray ; The lip of tenderness that soothed the sad , And loved to bid the innocent be glad ; The gently , softening , reconciling word , The ever cheerful , hospitable board : The unassuming wisdom , pious prayers , The still renewed , prolonged , maternal cares : All — all are lost ! — of thee , blest Saint , bereft , We mourn , to whom impoverished life is left : Mourn for ourselves ! Secure thy lot must be , With those who pure in heart their God shall see .