Classic Poem

TO MRS. MALEET .

Thou faithful partner of a heart thy own,
Whose pain or pleasure springs from thine alone;
Thou, true as honour, as compassion kind,
That in sweet union harmonize thy mind;
Here, while thy eyes for sad Amyntor's woe
And Theodora's wreck, with tears o'erflow,
O may thy friend's warm wish, to Heav'n preferr'd
For thee, for him, by gracious Heav'n be heard!
So her fair hour of fortune shall be thine
Unmix'd, and all Amyntor's fondness mine:
So through long vernal life, with blended ray,
Shall Love light up and Friendship close our day;
Till, summon'd late this lower heav'n to leave,
One sigh shall end us, and one earth receive.