ON A YOUNG LADY 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 pp. 57-58. 92p.

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ON A YOUNG LADY Sweet lovely maid , what shall I say , Or how describe thy charms ; Whose look , like Phoebus ' cheering ray , Each chilly bosom warms . Can we behold that gentle face , And no emotions feel ? Who coldly views such ease and grace Must have a heart of steel . In sickness see her sweetly smile , To cheer each anxious friend ; O ! bounteous heaven , our fears beguile , And quick assistance lend . In blooming charms , and youthful prime , How calmly does she bear A pain , which might embitter time , And drive her to despair . There's angel meekness in her breast , Or we could never find , In one fair female , so distrest , Such happy strength of mind .