TOTHESAME

toayoungfriend

onhertwenty-firstbirth-day

crownmeacheerfulgoblet,whileipray

ablessingonthyyears,youngisola;

young,butnomoreachild.howswifthaveflown

tomethygirlishtimes,awomangrown

beneathmyheedlesseyes!invainirack

myfancytobelievethealmanac,

thatspeakstheetwenty-one.thoushould'sthavestill

remain'dachild,andatthysovereignwill

gambol'daboutourhouse,asintimespast.

ungratefulemma,togrowupsofast,

hasteningtoleavethyfriends!—forwhichintent,

fondrunagate,bethisthypunishment.

aftersomethirtyyears,spentinsuchbliss

asthisearthcanafford,wherestillwemiss

somethingofjoyentire,may'stthougrowold

aswewhomthouhastleft!thatwishwascold.

ofarmoreag'dandwrinkled,tillfolkssay,

lookingupontheereverendindecay,

"thisdameforlengthofdays,andvirtuesrare,

withherrespectedgrandsiremaycompare."—

grandchildofthatrespectedisola,

thoushould'sthavehadabouttheeonthisday

kindlooksofparents,tocongratulate

theirpridegrownuptowoman'sgraveestate.

buttheyhavedied,andleftthee,toadvance

thyfortuneshowthoumay'st,andowetochance

thefriendswhichnaturegrudg'd.andthouwiltfind,

ormakesuch,emma,ifiamnotblind

totheeandthydeservings.thatlaststrain

hadtoomuchsorrowinit.fillagain

anothercheerfulgoblet,whileisay

"health,andtwicehealth,toourlostisola."

tothesame

externalgiftsoffortune,orofface,

maiden,intruth,thouhastnotmuchtoshow;

muchfairerdamselshaveiknown,andknow,

andrichermaybefoundineveryplace.

inthymindseekthybeauty,andthywealth.

sincerenesslodgeththere,thesoul'sbesthealth.

oguardthattreasureabovegoldorpearl,

laidupsecurefrommothsandworldlystealth—

andtakemybenison,plain-heartedgirl.

sonnets

harmonyinunlikeness

byenfieldlanes,andwinchmore'sverdanthill,

twolovelydamselscheermylonelywalk:

thefairmaria,asavestal,still;

andemmabrown,exuberantintalk.