Born Mary Clark, a Presbyterian, "Lady de Crespigny was a woman of considerable ability ; and in Sir Claude de Crespigny's grounds was a shrubbery surrounding a grotto dedicated to Contemplation. At the entrance Lady De Crespigny had placed the following lines, written by her for the occasion :
But, if curst apathy pervades your breast,
And veils it 'gainst Convictions heavenly light,
The Goddess here your offerings will detest,
Nor with one favouring smile your vows requite.
And yet fair Virtue may have scatter'd seeds
Which in your barren mind uncherish'd lie ;
Or choak'd by Dissipation, baleful weed !
Just spring to life, and blossom but to die.
Then enter here to Contemplation bend,
Her power can raise the seed which Virtue sows,
From Folly's blights the tender plant defend,
'Till vigorous as the towering oak it grows."
( YE PARISH OF CAMBERWELL; A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE PARISH OF CAMBERWELL, ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES...... WILLIAM HAKNETT BLANCH, 1875
https://archive.org/stream/yparishofcamerwe00blanuoft/yparishofcamerwe00blanuoft_djvu.txt ).
But, if curst apathy pervades your breast,
And veils it 'gainst Convictions heavenly light,
The Goddess here your offerings will detest,
Nor with one favouring smile your vows requite.
And yet fair Virtue may have scatter'd seeds
Which in your barren mind uncherish'd lie ;
Or choak'd by Dissipation, baleful weed !
Just spring to life, and blossom but to die.
Then enter here to Contemplation bend,
Her power can raise the seed which Virtue sows,
From Folly's blights the tender plant defend,
'Till vigorous as the towering oak it grows."
( YE PARISH OF CAMBERWELL; A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE PARISH OF CAMBERWELL, ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES...... WILLIAM HAKNETT BLANCH, 1875
https://archive.org/stream/yparishofcamerwe00blanuoft/yparishofcamerwe00blanuoft_djvu.txt ).
Born Mary Clark, a Presbyterian, "Lady de Crespigny was a woman of considerable ability ; and in Sir Claude de Crespigny's grounds was a shrubbery surrounding a grotto dedicated to Contemplation. At the entrance Lady De Crespigny had placed the following lines, written by her for the occasion :
But, if curst apathy pervades your breast,
And veils it 'gainst Convictions heavenly light,
The Goddess here your offerings will detest,
Nor with one favouring smile your vows requite.
And yet fair Virtue may have scatter'd seeds
Which in your barren mind uncherish'd lie ;
Or choak'd by Dissipation, baleful weed !
Just spring to life, and blossom but to die.
Then enter here to Contemplation bend,
Her power can raise the seed which Virtue sows,
From Folly's blights the tender plant defend,
'Till vigorous as the towering oak it grows."
( YE PARISH OF CAMBERWELL; A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE PARISH OF CAMBERWELL, ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES...... WILLIAM HAKNETT BLANCH, 1875
https://archive.org/stream/yparishofcamerwe00blanuoft/yparishofcamerwe00blanuoft_djvu.txt ).
But, if curst apathy pervades your breast,
And veils it 'gainst Convictions heavenly light,
The Goddess here your offerings will detest,
Nor with one favouring smile your vows requite.
And yet fair Virtue may have scatter'd seeds
Which in your barren mind uncherish'd lie ;
Or choak'd by Dissipation, baleful weed !
Just spring to life, and blossom but to die.
Then enter here to Contemplation bend,
Her power can raise the seed which Virtue sows,
From Folly's blights the tender plant defend,
'Till vigorous as the towering oak it grows."
( YE PARISH OF CAMBERWELL; A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE PARISH OF CAMBERWELL, ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES...... WILLIAM HAKNETT BLANCH, 1875
https://archive.org/stream/yparishofcamerwe00blanuoft/yparishofcamerwe00blanuoft_djvu.txt ).
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