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AN EPITAPH
1 Biron, if e'er thy bosom bled for woe,
2 If e'er a tear bedew'd thy radiant eyes,
3 To yon church-yard, at close of evening go,
4 There low on earth the gay Louisa lies.
5 Biron for thee she lost the joys of youth,
6 To thee, by magic pow'r, her heart was giv'n;
7 For thee rejected friendship, love, and truth;
8 For thee she scorn'd the world, and slighted Heav'n.
9 Biron, for thee she pin'd the summer day,
10 By Phoebus' ray, or Luna's milder beam;
11 Nor could forget the fatal ninth of May,
12 Till, led by Death, she tasted Lethe's stream.
13 Biron, for thee — but ah! I'll stop in time;
14 Around her grave I saw fierce lightnings dart;
15 There sleeps her muse, there rest her pow'rs sublime;
16 Biron, for thee Louisa broke her heart!
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Author: Rebekah Carmichael (later Hay)
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heroic quatrain; epitaph
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Carmichael, Miss (Rebekah) (fl. 1790-1806). Poems. Edinburgh: Peter Hill, 1790, p. 27. 92p. (ESTC T104666) (Page images digitized from a copy at University of California Libraries — third-party rights apply.)
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- THE ILL-FATED LOVER ()
- THE LOVE-LORN MAID ()
- A NIGHT SCENE ()
- ON A LADY ()
- ON A LATE DISTURBANCE IN THE THEATRE ()
- ON A REAL INSTANCE OF DISINTERESTED FRIENDSHIP ()
- ON A YOUNG GENTLEMAN's RETURN FROM JAMAICA ()
- ON A YOUNG LADY ()
- ON A YOUNG LADY, WHO ASKED A NECKLACE OF A GENTLEMAN's HAIR, AND WAS REFUSED ()
- ON MR ****** ()
- ON MR ****** ACTOR ()
- ON RECEIVING A POT OF THYME ()
- ON THE AUTHOR'S BIRTH-DAY ()
- ON THE BIRTH-DAY OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN IN THE EAST INDIES ()
- ON THE FATE OF CAPTAIN G***** ()
- ON THE ST BERNARD'S CANARY BIRDS ()
- ON THE STUMP OF AN OLD TREE ()
- ON THE SUDDEN DEATH OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN ()
- A REQUEST ()
- A ROMANTIC SCENE Which happened in the year 1746. ()
- A SONG ()
- A SONG ()
- A SONG ()
- A SONG ()
- A SONG ()
- THE STAR OF EDEN VALE ()
- THE STRUGGLE ()
- A TALE ()
- TO CAPTAIN **** ()
- TO MR ***** ()
- THE TOOTH ()
- THE TWA DOWS ()
- THE VILLAIN's SOLILOQUY ()
- WORDS OF COURSE ()
- WRITTEN IN THE HERMITAGE AT BRAID ()
- WRITTEN IN THE HERMITAGE OF BRAID ()
- A YOUNG LASS's SOLILOQUY ()