Alfred H. Miles, ed. Women Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907.
By Poems. VI. Dream LandFrances Anne Kemble (18091893)
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Smiles with unwonted tender grace,
Grudge not the precious seldom cheer;
I know full well, my lady dear!
It is no boon of thine.
If my sad sprite should kneeling weep,
Suffer its speechless worship there;
Thou know’st full well, my lady fair!
It is no fault of mine.