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And bless her father's guardian name,
And long his loved protection claim.
Still may'st thou here be ever blest,
And go at last to blissful rest.

Adieu; these pains, augmenting fast,
Rack every nerve, and check the last,
The fond remembrance of thy worth,
That fain would breathe thy beauties forth;
But pangs imperious cry—"Obey!"—
And nature faints beneath their sway.
Once more, farewell, my gentle friend;
May guardian angels all thy life attend!




WOMAN'S SYMPATHY.TO A LADY.1828.
When doomed to agonizing pain,
And hope's dim taper cheerless burns,
Blest Sympathy, with voice benign,
Complaint to resignation turns.