E'er her bright Morn of Life was o'ercast,

When my senses first woke to the scene,

Some short happy hours she had past

On the margin of Honington Green.

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Her Parents with Plenty were blest,

And nume'rous her Children, and young,

Youth's Blossoms her cheek yet possest,

And Melody woke when she sung:

A Widow so youthful to leave,