On Lady Miller
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Title
ON LADY MILLER
Subtitle
INSCRIBED ON HER MONUMENT IN THE
ABBEY CHURCH, BATH
ABBEY CHURCH, BATH
Original Format
1. Inscription on monument
2. published in
VOL. 2 p. 183
2. published in
THE POETICAL WORKS OF ANNA SEWARD
WITH EXTRACTS FROM HER LITERARY CORRESPONDENCE
EDITED BY WALTER SCOTT ESQ.
IN THREE VOLUMES
WITH EXTRACTS FROM HER LITERARY CORRESPONDENCE
EDITED BY WALTER SCOTT ESQ.
IN THREE VOLUMES
VOL. 2 p. 183
Original publisher
Jon Ballantyne & co. Edinburgh
Longman et al London
Longman et al London
Date (notes)
Written 1782
Published 1810
Published 1810
Text
ONCE, in this now cold breast, those virtues shone,
Which tender thought, and lasting record claim;
Then, 'mid the wrecks of time, devoted stone,
Uninjur'd bear thy Miller's spotless name!
When closed the numerous eyes, that round her bier
Have wept the loss of wide-extended worth,
O, gentle Stranger! may one generous tear
Drop, as thou bendiest o'er this hallow'd earth!
Are truth, and science, love, and pity thine,
With liberal charity and faith sincere?
Then rest thy wandering step beneath this shrine,
And greet a kindred Spirit hovering near!
Which tender thought, and lasting record claim;
Then, 'mid the wrecks of time, devoted stone,
Uninjur'd bear thy Miller's spotless name!
When closed the numerous eyes, that round her bier
Have wept the loss of wide-extended worth,
O, gentle Stranger! may one generous tear
Drop, as thou bendiest o'er this hallow'd earth!
Are truth, and science, love, and pity thine,
With liberal charity and faith sincere?
Then rest thy wandering step beneath this shrine,
And greet a kindred Spirit hovering near!
Citation
“On Lady Miller,” A Museum of Relationships: The correspondence of William Hayley (1745-1820), accessed November 21, 2024, https://hayleypapers.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/items/show/310.