English poem
Written in Dr. WATT's Poems; given to a young Lady
by Mather Byles (1828–1900)
While rosey Cheeks their Bloom confess, And Youth thy Bosom warms, Let Vertue, and let Knowledge dress, Thy Mind in brighter Charms.
Daily on some fine Page to look Lay meaner Sports aside; And let the Needle, and the Book, Thy useful Hours divide.
Let Heav'nly Love from WATTS's Lays, Inspire thy youthful Blood; Nor let a mortal Rival seize That Heart Ordain'd for God.
More by Mather Byles
- To PICTORIO, on the Sight of his Pictures
- To Pollio, on his preparing for the Press a Treatise against the Romish Church
- To the Memory of a young Commander slain in a Battle with the Indians, 1724
- To the Reverend Dr. WATTS, on his Divine POEMS
- Written in MILTON's PARADISE LOST
- Written in the Blank Leaf of a POEM intitled Aetna