Memoirs of Mrs. Lætitia Pilkington, Wife to the Rev. Mr. Matthew Pilkington, Vol. 2: Written by Herself, Wherein Are Occasionally Interspersed, Her ... of Some Eminent Persons
Lætitia Pilkington
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Excerpt from Memoirs of Mrs. Lætitia Pilkington, Wife to the Rev. Mr. Matthew Pilkington, Vol. 2: Written by Herself, Wherein Are Occasionally Interspersed, Her Poems, With Variety of Secret Transactions, of Some Eminent PersonsBy Wifdom nurs'd, by Contemplation fed By both, to every Art and Science led, While facred Honour, that immortal Guef'c Lives 111 each A&ion of thy Life confeft; Wilt Thou, propitious, while I wake the' String, 1 Attentive liften to the Strains I fing; No venal Lay I offer to impart, Accept the Rapture of a grateful Heart. Come, Infpiration, from thy Hermit Seat, O,g'1ve me flowing Numbers fweetly great! ?free as his Bgunties, beauteous as his Frame.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.