Authority Cited: Carter, Mrs.
Author name and dates: Elizabeth Carter (1717-1806)
BKG Bio-tweet: Study rigor damaged health; poet; translator of Greek (Epictetus), French, Italian; contrib. to Rambler; esteemed by SJ
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: Lot 283 in the Sale Catalogue of Samuel Johnson's Library, a Facsimilie Edition, 1975, J.D. Fleeman, Intro. and Notes, is Elizabeth Carter's 1758 translation of Epictetus]
Author name and dates: Elizabeth Carter (1717-1806)
BKG Bio-tweet: Study rigor damaged health; poet; translator of Greek (Epictetus), French, Italian; contrib. to Rambler; esteemed by SJ
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: Lot 283 in the Sale Catalogue of Samuel Johnson's Library, a Facsimilie Edition, 1975, J.D. Fleeman, Intro. and Notes, is Elizabeth Carter's 1758 translation of Epictetus]
- Occasioned by Hearing Miss Lynch Sing, [signed] Eliza, in The Gentleman's Magazine Vol. X, 1740; proportion (p.566, see text of poem below with painting by John Fayram between 1735 and 1741); republished as On Hearing Miss ----- Sing in Poems on several occasions. 1762, London: Printed for John Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard (p.9, Dedication signed Eliz. Carter) [BKG Note: Logie (in the 1755 Dict.)and Heigh (added in 1773) are also quoted from the 1740 G'Mag., of which SJ was editor.}
Occaſioned by hearing Miſs LYNCH ſing.
SWeet echo ! vocal nymph, whoſe mimic tongue
Return'd the muſic of my Delia's ſong.
Oh ! ſtill repeat the ſoft inchanting lay,
That gently ſteals the raviſh’d ſoul away !
Shall ſounds like theſe in circling air be toſt,
And in the ſtream of vulgar noiſes loſt ?
Ye guardian Sylphs, who liſten while ſhe fings,
Bear the ſweet accents on your roſy wings ;
With ſtudious care the fading notes retain
Nor let that tuneful breath be ſpent in vain !
Yet if too ſoon this tranſient pleaſure fly,
A charm more laſting ſhall its loſs ſupply,
While harmony with each attractive grace
Plays in the fair proportions of her face,
Where each ſoft air, engaging and ſerene,
Beats meaſure to the well-tun'd mind within,
Alike her finging and her filence move,
Whoſe voice is muſic, and whoſe looks are love.
ELIZA.
SWeet echo ! vocal nymph, whoſe mimic tongue
Return'd the muſic of my Delia's ſong.
Oh ! ſtill repeat the ſoft inchanting lay,
That gently ſteals the raviſh’d ſoul away !
Shall ſounds like theſe in circling air be toſt,
And in the ſtream of vulgar noiſes loſt ?
Ye guardian Sylphs, who liſten while ſhe fings,
Bear the ſweet accents on your roſy wings ;
With ſtudious care the fading notes retain
Nor let that tuneful breath be ſpent in vain !
Yet if too ſoon this tranſient pleaſure fly,
A charm more laſting ſhall its loſs ſupply,
While harmony with each attractive grace
Plays in the fair proportions of her face,
Where each ſoft air, engaging and ſerene,
Beats meaſure to the well-tun'd mind within,
Alike her finging and her filence move,
Whoſe voice is muſic, and whoſe looks are love.
ELIZA.