ELEGY
ON MISS MARGARETTA HERVEY,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE March 14, 1796.
Vain are the loveliest virtues of the heart,
The charms of beauty and of youth are vain
To stop thy progress Death, to turn thy dart,
Or the beloved spirit to retain.
Else Margaretta still had blest our sight,
Nor sad affection wept upon her tomb;
Yet boast not, Death, for hope’s celestial light