English Poetry II: From Collins to Fitzgerald.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
William Cowper
315. To a Young Lady
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Apt emblem of a virtuous maid—
Silent and chaste she steals along,
Far from the world’s gay busy throng:
With gentle yet prevailing force,
Intent upon her destined course;
Graceful and useful all she does;
Blessing and blest where’er she goes;
Pure-bosom’d as that watery glass,
And Heaven reflected in her face.