To The Right Honourable The Lady Kilmorey

Mary Barber 1685 – 1755



Start not, nor tremble at the Sight of this;
It comes not written from the Realms of Bliss:
'Tis true, you see, your once--lov'd Roydon's Hand;
Thence may conclude from Heav'n some high Command;
Conscious perhaps of your celestial Frame,
You think you're call'd to Worlds from whence you came.
Not so--but ere her Soul began its Flight,
She thought of you, and staid a--while to write;
Kindly for me her dying Suit address'd:
Then view it, Madam, as her last Request.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AABBCCDDEE
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 466
Words 84
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10

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