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My dear Sister | My dear Sister | ||
| − | Tho a thousand perverse Circumstances have prevented my writing, I have not failed to sympathise with you both in yr Sorrow & yr joy - When I saw the name of <u>Martin</u> in the Newspaper, I trembled with the presentiment that the unhappy accident must prove a Wound to you. How severe that the delight which yr good Father must | + | Tho a thousand perverse Circumstances have prevented my writing, I have not failed to sympathise with you both in yr Sorrow & yr joy - When I saw the name of <u>Martin</u> in the Newspaper, I trembled with the presentiment that the unhappy accident must prove a Wound to you. How severe that the delight which yr good Father must feel on yr return should be instantly turned into Sorrow by this calamitous Event!- but I rejoice in the Idea of the Consolation you received from the seasonable Visit of our Fair Friend, that happy Compound of <u>rational</u> V<u>ivac</u>ity & c<u>hearf</u>ul Re<u>lig</u>ion!- I am glad that I could in any Shape contribute to yr Amusement, & am not a little Proud of the animated Praise, which you mutually lavished on my Work: |
<p align="center"> Blest be those Rhymes (Let none abuse<br> | <p align="center"> Blest be those Rhymes (Let none abuse<br> | ||
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Oct 27 1782
My dear Sister
Tho a thousand perverse Circumstances have prevented my writing, I have not failed to sympathise with you both in yr Sorrow & yr joy - When I saw the name of Martin in the Newspaper, I trembled with the presentiment that the unhappy accident must prove a Wound to you. How severe that the delight which yr good Father must feel on yr return should be instantly turned into Sorrow by this calamitous Event!- but I rejoice in the Idea of the Consolation you received from the seasonable Visit of our Fair Friend, that happy Compound of rational Vivacity & chearful Religion!- I am glad that I could in any Shape contribute to yr Amusement, & am not a little Proud of the animated Praise, which you mutually lavished on my Work:
Blest be those Rhymes (Let none abuse
The Poem or its Maker)
Which could divert a weeping Muse
& move a silent Quaker!–