{"id":3787,"date":"2014-01-17T08:18:15","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T06:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/?p=3787"},"modified":"2014-01-17T08:20:49","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T06:20:49","slug":"to-mrs-m-b-on-her-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/?p=3787","title":{"rendered":"To Mrs. M.B. On Her Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To Mrs. M.B. On Her Birthday<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh be thou blest with all that Heav’n can send,
Long Health, long Youth, long Pleasure, and a Friend:
Not with those Toys the female world admire,
Riches that vex, and Vanities that tire.
With added years if Life bring nothing new,
But, like a Sieve, let ev’ry blessing thro’,
Some joy still lost, as each vain year runs o’er,
And all we gain, some sad Reflection more;
Is that a Birth-Day? ’tis alas! too clear,
‘Tis but the funeral of the former year.
Let Joy or Ease, let Affluence or Content,
And the gay Conscience of a life well spent,
Calm ev’ry thought, inspirit ev’ry grace.
Glow in thy heart, and smile upon thy face.
Let day improve on day, and year on year,
Without a Pain, a Trouble, or a Fear;
Till Death unfelt that tender frame destroy,
In some soft Dream, or Extasy of joy,
Peaceful sleep out the Sabbath of the Tomb,
And wake to Raptures in a Life to come.<\/p>\n

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