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Lines, Written in July,

                                 Mary's Page

 

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MARY BAILEY
LINES,
WRITTEN IN JULY, ON WIDOW HIND'S GARDEN, AT HINTS, IN
STAFFORDSHIRE
Hail! my sweet garden, on the hill,
Where every tint is found;
Where fragrant fields the prospect fill,
And woods are scattered round.
My cottage neat—my home's complete,
Though I've no wealth in store:
A moss-rose through my window peeps—A fig-tree guards my door.
These flowers, that now around them throw
Their sweet perfuming breath,
How much, in winter, do they show
Their much-loved master's death.
One blighted rose, that can't disclose
Its beauties to the sun,
Is just an emblem of my woes,
Since thy dear course was run.
One female friend who knows my grief,
And strives to soothe my lot,
Oft leaves the hurry of the town
To share my rural cot.
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POEMS OF A NOTTINGHAM LACE-RUNNER
Too soon, alas! her visits end,
And I am left alone:
My children, dear, are distant plac'd,
And thou for ever gone.
Over my disconsolate breast
Have roll'd two tedious years; And many a tree, thy hand has set,
I've watered with my tears.
'Twas God's great will—I must submit, That gave a shorter date;
He'll call me hence, when he thinks fit, To share thy blessed state.
Submissive, then, I humbly wait
Till death shall set me free, And I exchange this flow'ry mount
For paradise and thee!
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                          Contents

 

 

Introduction                             7

 

To the Reader                           12

 

To the Critics                          13

 

To a Lady who visited the author   when she was in great distress       14

 

To a Lady who desired me to pray   for the death of youngest child      17

 

Petition to the British Fair            19

 

On the Death of the Revd. Dr. Wylde,    late of Nottingham                   21

 

Address to the Ladies                   23

 

Ode to Hope                             25

 

Lines, Written in July, on Widow    Hind's garden, at  Hints, in    Staffordshire                       26

 


Poetic Letter                           28

 

The Locust                              29

 

Lines On the Death of a Gentleman    of Basford                          31  

 

Lines Written to a Gentleman who     asked the author to write some    Verses on a young Lady, but who    afterwards altered his mind         33

 

The Author to Her Infant Twins          35

 

Subscribers' Names                      36

 

Appendix: Mary Bailey's Obituary        37

 

Notes                                   38

 

Further Reading                         40

 

Index of titles and first lines         42

 

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