<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=455534" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>To Mrs. Barber</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">See, the bright Sun renews his annual Course,<br>Each Beam re--tinges, and revives its Force,<br>By Years uninjur'd; so may'st thou remain,<br>Not Time from thee, but thou from Time may'st gain:<br>O might the Fates thy vital Thread prolong,<br>And make thy Life immortal, as thy Song!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Less Lustre waits the God, when he refines<br>The rip'ning Metal in Peruvian Mines;<br>Brightens the Crystal with transparent Day,<br>Or points the Di'mond with its sparkling Ray;<br>Than when, delighted, he thy Soul inspires,<br>Informs thy Judgment, and thy Fancy fires;<br>Assists thee striking out some bold Design,<br>And breathes immortal Honours on each Line:<br>In common as His Rays on all descend,<br>So You the Great delight, the Poor befriend:<br>As Heat productive His bright Beams bestow,<br>So, warm with Life, your pow'rful Numbers flow:<br>As He from Clouds bursts forth divinely bright,<br>So Envy sets You in a fairer Light:<br>Yet, tho' thus far Similitude we see,<br>One Thing disturbs the wond'rous Harmony;<br>With faded Light the Winter Sun appears,<br>Whilst You shine brighter in Decline of Years.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Mary+Barber">Mary Barber</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=455534" data-title="To Mrs. Barber de Mary Barber" data-description="See, the bright Sun renews his annual Course, Each Beam re--tinges, and revives its Force, By Years uninjur'd; so may'st thou remain, Not Time from thee, but thou from Time may'st gain: O might the Fates thy vital Thread prolong, And make thy Life..."></div> </div> </div>

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