The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. eBook

Theodore Watts-Dunton
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 370 pages of information about The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V..

The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. eBook

Theodore Watts-Dunton
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 370 pages of information about The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V..

She was meditating a nobler work, a large poem on the Being and Attributes of God, which was her favourite subject; and, if one may judge by the imperfect pieces of it, which she left behind her in her papers, would have drawn the publick attention, had she liv’d to finish it.

She was peculiarly happy in her acquaintance, as she had good sense enough to discern that worth in others she justly thought was the foundation of all real friendship, and was so happy as to be honoured and loved as a friend, by those whom she would have wished to be connected with in that sacred character.  She had the esteem of that most excellent lady, who was superior to all commendation, the late dutchess of Somerset, then countess of Hertford, who hath done her the honour of several visits, and allowed her to return them at the Mount of Marlborough.  Mr. Pope favoured her with his at Bath, and complimented her for her poem on that place.  Mrs. Rowe, of Froom, was one of her particular friends.  ’Twould be endless to name all the persons of reputation and fortune whom she had the pleasure of being intimately acquainted with.  She was a good woman, a kind relation, and a faithful friend.  She had a real genius for poetry, was a most agreeable correspondent, had a large fund of good sense, was unblemished in her character, lived highly esteemed, and died greatly lamented,

FINIS.

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