Rowe [née Singer], Elizabeth (1674-1737)

Soliloquy XXVIII [from The Miscellaneous Works In Prose and Verse of Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe. The Greater Part now first Published, by her Order, from her Original Manuscripts, By Mr. Theophilus Rowe. To which are added, Poems on Several Occasions, By Mr. Thomas Rowe. And to the whole is prefix'd, An Account of the Lives and Writings of the Authors. In Two Volumes. The Greater Part now first Published]

London

Printed for R. Hett ... and R. Dodsley [etc.]

1739

"Thy hand can trace the characters divine, / And stamp celestial beauty on my soul"

But I with prostrate homage at thy feet
Devote my will obsequious to thy sway.
I have no choice, no conduct, no design,
No wav'ring wish that I can call my own;
For I am wholly, absolutely thine:
And as the potter turns the ductile clay
Am I in thy almighty forming hands.
O thou canst mould and fashion ev'ry thought,
My passions turn, and make me what thou wilt:
Thy hand can trace the characters divine,
And stamp celestial beauty on my soul

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Elizabeth Singer Rowe, The miscellaneous works in prose and verse of Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe. The Greater Part now first published, by her Order, from her Original Manuscripts, By Mr. Theophilus Rowe. To which are added, Poems on several occasions, by Mr. Thomas Rowe. And to the whole is prefix'd, An Account of the Lives and Writings of the Authors 2 vols. (London: printed for R. Hett and R. Dodsley, 1739). <Link to ECCO>

04/08/2005