Reply to the foregoing Verses.
18th Century Mary Barber EnglishReply to the foregoing Verses.
Why did I hope to make your Anguish less? I try'd to cure, and I have caught, Distress. Suppress your Sighs, dry up your Tears; 'tis Time: Excess of Virtue may become a Crime. You lost, you say, a Friend, and Father too; But know, Mankind would lose a Friend in you.