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Home » Irish Poets » Mary Barber

To Mrs. ---

by Mary Barber

Mary Barber

Celia, when you oblige again.
Subdue that haughty Eye:
Rather than Insolence fustain,
Who would not wish to die?
A grateful Heart will own the Debt,
But, O! must feel it with Regret.


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Last updated January 14, 2019

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