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"Commemorative Feelings, or Miscellaneous Poems." In the digital collection British Women Romantic Poets. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/WalkSComme. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.
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TO CHARLOTTE SMITH.
A FRAGMENT.
ILL‐fated Charlotte, whose enlighten'd mindExalted Genius by true taste refined;For whom the Loves that hail'd thy natal mornWove wreaths of roses, and conceal'd each thorn!But ah! the Fates their labours discompose,And leave the thorns, unguarded by the rose.Yet still, to soften what they cannot change,The Muses call thee "Sister," with thee range,Wait on thy walks, attend thy evening hours,Haunt all thy steps, and in thy path strew flowers!And, since no more is left them to bestow,Sigh o'er the sorrows, thou art doom'd to know.
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