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ON A YOUNG LADY WHO DIED UNMARRIED, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ripe in virtue, green in years
Last Line: "and hides her blushes in his breast."
Subject(s): Epitaphs


"Ripe in virtue, green in years,
Here a matchless maid lies low:
None could read, and spare their tears,
Did they but her sweetness know.

Humbly wise and meekly good,
No earthly lover's arms she blessed;
But, full of grace, her Saviour wooed,
And hides her blushes in His breast."





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