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 Sonnet to the Memory of Miss Maria Linley by Mary Darby Robinson 
						So bends beneath the storm yon balmy flow'r,Whose spicy blossoms once perfum'd the gale;
 So press'd with tears reclines yon lily pale,
 Obedient to the rude and beating show'r.
 
 Still is the LARK, that hov'ring o'er yon spray,
 With jocund carol usher'd in the morn;
 And mute the NIGHTINGALE, whose tender lay
 Melted the feeling mind with sounds forlorn:
 
 More sweet, MARIA, was thy plaintive strain!
 That strain is o'er; but mem'ry ne'er shall fade,
 When erst it cheer'd grey twilight's dreary shade,
 And charm'd the sorrow-stricken soul from pain;
 STILL, STILL, melodious maid, thy dulcet song
 Shall breathe, immortal, on an ANGEL'S TONGUE!
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