TO MARIA.
If sense and complacence their charms combine,
To make each grace with double lustre shine—
If mind serene, and innocently gay,
Makes life compare with an unclouded day:
And piety thy guide, whose gentle pow’r,
To calm each thought, and brighten ev’ry hour;
Then thou, Maria, much esteem’d must be,
These happy traits are all combined in thee.