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SHE UNITES IN HERSELF THE HIGHEST EXCELLENCES OF VIRTUE AND BEAUTY.
High birth in humble life, reserved yet kind, / On youth's gay flower ripe fruits of age and rare, / A virtuous heart, therewith a lofty mind, / A happy spirit in a pensive air; / Her planet, nay, heaven's king, has fitly shrined / All gifts and graces in this lady fair, / True honour, purest praises, worth refined, / Above what rapt dreams of best poets are.