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"The Poetical Works of Miss Susanna Blamire." In the digital collection British Women Romantic Poets. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BlamSPoeti. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2024.
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A CAUTION TO MISS B.
WHEN Evening comes with dewy feetAnd tempts you to the woodbine seat,Sending her sweet voice in the breezeTo whisper through the leafy trees;Come, come, sweet sisters, come away,"And see the silvery floods of day"Dip yon bright cloud, whose golden glowGleams on this little world below !While the bright sun in state retires,Not yet extinguishing his fires,But leaves a tint of saffron hue,With a melting stream of milky blue,A ruby tinge with topaz bright,The little lamp of lingering light,That gently for the shadows grayPrepare a soft but solemn way.'Tis now that damps begin to rise,Or fall like tears from weeping skies;Stay not, sweet friends, to wipe awayThose pearly drops of sorrowing day,But let them seek the sacred cellOf some fair lily's yellow bell,Or hang upon the parched leafLike the soft drops of silent grief,Nor with unhallow'd foot essayTo brush one precious pearl away;
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For Healthwho loves the meanest flower,And sips the beverage of the showerAll jealous for the rose's bloom,And every herb that breathes perfume,Knows their sweet odour to refuseIf robb'd of half their balmy dews.Ah ! rob them not, nor lingering stayTo take a farewell of the day;But let Health lead you by the handEre Night shall stretch her ebon wand,Or Eve from her alembic poursThe precious essence of her flowers.
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