ON MR ****** Rebekah Carmichael (later Hay) 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. T104666 Carmichael, Miss (Rebekah) (fl. 1790-1806). Poems. Edinburgh Peter Hill 1790 p. 46. 92p.

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ON MR ****** I'm not so great a child , misjudging youth , As be offended at the simple truth . But since to you the muses lend an ear , Guard your poetic genius by your fear Of e'er offending ; and , as fate decrees , That beauteous form must cross the raging seas , Let thy young heart with native goodness glow , Nor e'er disgrace the land from whence you go . May he who nam'd thee first creation's lord , Assist thy courage , and direct thy sword , On earth each bliss of fortune may'st thou reap , And death approach thee like an infant's sleep . If doom'd to fall amidst the fields of fame , May deeds of honour still record your name .