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These verses are about her husband Henry Thrale and record her admiration for her husband.

Thrali gentil, che qual Astro ridente
Sei dell’ Anglio Ciel gloria e splendore,

E qual novello albor dal Mar sorgente
Tanta luce diffonde e tanto Onore’:
I primi Rai di tua Virtù nascente
Febo coperse di celeste Ardore,
Scese Minerva, e Giove onnipossente
Per arrichir di si gran Vita il fiore.
Atropo stessa, oltre ’l dover pietosa
Chiude il ferro fatale e Iieta in Volto
Lachesi volge il fil de’ Giorni tuoi
Cosi colei, che fù feconda Sposa
Splender vedrà di Lacero il Crine avvolto,
Di Figlie i Figli infra Britanni Eroi.

This translates as:

Virtuous Thrale, who like a smiling star
Are the glory and splendour of the English sky,

And like a new dawn rising from the sea
Shed so much light and so much honour:

The first rays of your nascent virtue
Phoebus covered with celestial ardour,
Minerva descended, and all-powerful Jupiter
To enrich the flower of such a great life.

Atropos herself, beyond the duty pious
Closes the fatal iron and joyful in face
Lachesis turns the thread of your days
So she, who was a fertile bride
Will see the hair of Lacero wrapped in splendour,
Of daughters the sons among British heroes.

Thraliana dated 1 February 1782.

Verses "Sonetto dal Povoleri alla Sigra Thrale" by Hester Lynch Thrale




Date1 Feb 1782
Linked toHester Lynch Salusbury

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