Excerpt from Poems

Dedication.

A Hampshire village and a grave where sleep
Two Sisters and a Father - Mother dear,
If I forgetting these have caused thee tear,
Mother! by these forgive it. We did weep
Thy painful nightwatches when canker deep
Wasted our bright Georgina, and a blank
Lived in our love's soul when the churchyard dank
Received our pretty Julia, we did steep
Our days in mourning for a fond heart low
When a dear Father joined them. This poor strain
By these is thine, which some may mock as vain
But none shall curse as harmful. I do know
I have thy love, but till thou there shalt be
I shall not know how deep is mine for thee.

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