A VIRTUOUS YOUNG LADY.

"Lady, that in the prime of earliest youth

Wisely hast shunn'd the broad way and the green,

And with those few art eminently seen,

That labor up the hill of heav'nly truth,

The better part with Mary and with Ruth

Chosen thou hast; and they, that overween,

And at thy growing virtues fret their spleen,

No anger find in thee, but pity and ruth.

Thy care is fix'd, and zealously attends