TO
MISS
—
A
near
relation
of
Mr.
B's
father
,
to
whom
her
brothers
were
under
great
obligations
for
amiable
attentions
during
their
nine
years'
sojourn
at
Harrow
School
.
She
never
paid
the
least
attention
to
his
parents
on
the
ever-to-be-lamented
death
of
their
excellent
son
,
for
whom
,
when
living
,
she
was
vain
of
boasting
a
friendship
:
her
name
is
therefore
erased
.
OF
DUBLIN
,
ON
THE
DEATH
OF
HER
MOTHER
.
EMBOSOM'D
in
the
bloom-bespangled
thorn
,
The
lonely
Minstrel
wakes
her
strain
forlorn
,
And
to
the
ear
of
Night
unfolds
her
tale
,
Of
ceaseless
sorrow
,
and
of
widow'd
wail
:
Thus
,
bending
'neath
a
more
than
common
woe
,
At
Mem'ry's
shrine
thy
tears
incessant
flow
.
Yet
why
,
ah
,
why
,
with
cheerless
gloom
o'ercast
,
Still
ponder
o'er
th'
irrevocable
past
?
Why
,
weeping
,
bend
o'er
Virtue's
hallow'd
tomb
,
Whence
Hope
,
immortal
Hope
,
dispels
the
gloom
?
To
her
mild
sway
thy
tortur'd
breast
resign
,
And
make
,
dear
maid
,
her
balmy
pleasures
thine
.