Poems (Pizey)/Written during the illness of a Friend

by Susanna Pizey

WRITTEN DURING THE ILLNESS OF A FRIEND. 

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Return, sweet health, on balmy pinions come,
 Resume thy wonted glow on Martha's cheek,
Ah, cheer the lovely rose, and bid it bloom,
 Or sickness soon the feeble stein will break.

Benign enchantress, use thy gentle sway,
 And chase thine enemy from Martha's brow.
Oh, lovely Health, expand thy cheering ray,
 Let her once more thy genial influence know.

Haste, lovely goddess, let the morning's wing
 Support thee on thy way to greet my friend,
And let the silent shades of evening
 Witness thy rival's triumphs at an end.