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TO MRS. AIKIN by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD

Poet Analysis

First Line: YOU WHOSE CLEAR LIFE, ONE FAIR, WELL-ORDERED DAY
Last Line: RECEIVE THE ONLY SCREEN YOU E'ER CAN NEED!
Subject(s): VIRTUE;
You whose clear life, one fair, well-ordered day,
In useful tenour calmly glides away;
In whom the eye of Malice never spied
Aught she could wish to spread, or you to hide,
Whose looks with words accord, and word with deed,
Receive the only screen you e'er can need!



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