A beauteous Queen by furious zeal pursu’d,
With sense and science in young life imbu’d,
A Patriot who has earn’d the meed of fame,
Whom public gratitude exults to name.
The long acknowledg’d mistress of the world,
By Gothick prowess to destruction hurl’d,
A moral poet whose pathetic song,
On starry pinions quits the rhyming throng.
A gallic writer, splendid mid his years,
In whose bright page full many a world appears.
That prize which swift wing’d commerce bears away,
The mildly blushing harbinger of day,
The Critic’s pupil, who a scepter grac’d,
And the vast wealth of intellect embrac’d,
Achieving in her comprehensive mind,
All that illustrious worth has e’er designed.
He who in Eden, mid th’ eventful night,
By wondrous skill unveil’d the cow’ring spright,
A nation fam’d for literary lore,
That faculty which can the past restore.
The man by envious tongues condemn’d to death,
To virtue forfeiting his guiltless breath.
The long fam’d Prince, who spurn’d a peaceful reign,
By madness led, and by his vices slain.
A sophist, known by many a tender page,
Fated a most unequal war to wage.
A chief, whose valour broke his country’s chains,
In fame’s bright annals who unrival’d reigns.
The love-sick maid, whose tender wailings float,
On every breeze, and each returning note.
The sea green guardians of the limpid stream,
Offspring of some enthusiastic dream.
The social bond which bindeth man to man,
The stamin, and the grace of every plan.
Though most incongr’ous my selection flows,
Yet, as from chaos light and order rose,
In three short words the initials find their place,
And name the theme of elegance and grace.
Wit, sense, and judgment in her bosom sway,
Benignly good, and rationally gay,
Bright beauty’s scepter she so mildly wields,
That even envy to her merit yields.
The pride she was of all the virgin train–
(For truth and virtue ever peerless reign–)
And angels o’er her recent vows will smile,
The voice of love each matron care beguile;
Esteem the rosy bowers of bliss prepare,
Weaving fresh garlands for the matchless fair
While radiant honor, beaming o’er her head,
Its sweetest joys, and richest fruits shall shed.
(Judith Sargent Murray)
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