Occasioned by viewing the Portrait of the late Mrs. Isabella GRAHAM, which is prefixed to her life. WHILST in this faded form I trace, For I have seen that darken'd eye, And I have seen this pallid cheek And virtue's brightest halo deck With sacred charms these locks of snow. And on these lips in silence clos'd, And heard those wondrous truths disclos'd And I have known this wither'd hand And now, though far remov'd from earth, Still shall it dry the widow's tear*- Guide to a blest asylum here And point to happier realms on high. My Father's friend!-How poor the praise, By his unworthy offspring given, Who thus records in humble lays, What Angels register'd in heav'n. Frankfort, Kentucky, Aug. 1816. * By the manner in which the funds arising from the sale of the work are to be appropriated. FINIS. |