Poem upon a young Lady, who expired upon seeing her Lover, Mr Dawson, executed

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Upon a Young Lady, who died on
seeing her ✝Lover, Mr Dawson,
executed on the 30th of July, 1746.

As the fair Martyr her dear Lover saw

Lie the pale Victim of inhuman Law,

His gen’rousgenerous Blood distilling all around,

And Life swift-ebbing thro’through each Crimson-Wound,

It seem’dseemed, as if from mortal Passion freed,

She blestblessed his Death for Honour doom’ddoomed to bleed:

But, qnwhen high-rais’draised she saw yethe panting Heart,

Now let thy Handmaid, Heav’nHeaven, she cried! depart.

Be Judge, O Thou, whose BallanceBalance sways above;

Receive our Souls to Pardon &and to Love.

At once she burst yethe feeble Bonds of Clay;

And her free Soul, exulting, springs away.

To endless Bliss they issue out of Pain.

One Moment separates, &and joins again.

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Not Fact; for Mr Dawson never saw her before.
[s]he had come to glut herself wtwith yethe bloody Scene.