The Wife of Theobald Wolfe Tone

Matilda Tone née Witherington (1769-1849)[[53]]

“I thought, O my Love! you were so—

As the moon is, or sun on a fountain.

And I thought after that you were snow,

The cold snow on top of a mountain;

And I thought after that, you were more

Like God’s grace shining to find me,

Or the bright star of knowledge before,