On my Sister Joanna's Entrance into Her 33rd Year
On this thy natal day permit a friend -A brother - with thy joys his own to blend:In all gladness he would wish to shareAs willing in thy griefs a part to bear.
Meekly attend the ways of higher heav'n!Is much deny'd? Yet much my dear is giv'n.Thy health, thy reason unimpaired remainAnd while as new fal'n snows thy spotless fameThe partner of thy life, attentive - kind -And blending e'en the interests of the mind.
What bliss is thine when fore thy glistring eyeThy lovely infant train pass jocund by!The ruddy cheek, the smiling morning faceDenote a healthy undegenerate race:In them renew'd, you'll live and live again,And children's children's children lisp thy name.Bright be the skies where'er my sister goesNor scowling tempests injure her repose -The field of life with roses thick be strow'dNor one sharp thorn lie lurking in the road.Thy ev'ry path be still a path of peaceAnd each revolving year thy joys increase;Till hours and years of time itself be o'erAnd one eternal day around thee pour.
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