<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=537830" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sonnet To A Young Lady On Her Birth-Day</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Deem not, sweet rose, that bloom'st 'midst many a thorn,<br>Thy friend, tho' to a cloister's shade consign'd,<br>Can e'er forget the charms he left behind,<br>Or pass unheeded this auspicious morn!<br>In happier days to brighter prospects born,<br>O tell thy thoughtless sex, the virtuous mind,<br>Like thee, content in every state may find,<br>And look on Folly's pageantry with scorn.<br>To steer with nicest art betwixt th' extreme<br>Of idle mirth, and affectation coy;<br>To blend good sense with elegance and ease;<br>To bid Affliction's eye no longer stream;<br>Is thine; best gift, the unfailing source of joy,<br>The guide to pleasures which can never cease!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Cowper">William Cowper</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=537830" data-title="Sonnet To A Young Lady On Her Birth-Day de William Cowper" data-description="Deem not, sweet rose, that bloom'st 'midst many a thorn, Thy friend, tho' to a cloister's shade consign'd, Can e'er forget the charms he left behind, Or pass unheeded this auspicious morn! In happier days to brighter prospects born, O tell thy tho..."></div> </div> </div>

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