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[Written May, 1793. Published by Hayley, 1803.] MARY! I want a lyre with other strings; Such aid from Heaven as some have feign'd they drew! An eloquence scarce given to mortals, new, And undebas'd by praise of meaner things! That, ere through age or woe I shed my wings, I may record thy worth, with honour due, In verse as musical as thou art true,— Verse, that immortalizes whom it sings! But thou hast little need: there is a book By seraphs writ with beams of heav'nly light, On which the eyes of God not rarely look; A chronicle of actions just and bright! There all thy deeds, my faithful Mary, shine, And since thou own'st that praise, I spare thee mine. |
The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper.
H. S. Milford, ed.
London: Henry Frowde, 1905. 421.
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