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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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THE PHILOSOPHER.
O LAURA! when in philosophic dreamOn thee I thought, thou to my mind didst seemEven some disembodied spirit bright,Clothed in the drapery of ethereal light,Or emanation of the SOUL alone,Or some pure spirit, such as ANGELS OWN.Ah! had I thought thee form'd in every partA blooming woman with a feeling heart,Had I conceived thee of that 'witching sex,Skill'd every system to distract, perplex;To smile at Science and her solemn schools;And make philosophers forget all rules;Oh! had I never, like Pygmalion, pray'dTo breathe a soul into an ivory maid;No, of the Gods this boon would ask alone,To change tormenting Woman into stone:Then still Philosophy might count her charms;And the cold STATUE save him all alarms.
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