title: Acrostic (Eliza Hughes)
author: Henry Livingston Jr.
date: 1798
source: Country Journal and Poughkeepsie Advertiser (Poughkeepsie Journal), 18 Sep 1798 (dated "September 12, '98"), signed R. URL: https://www.henrylivingston.com/writing/poetry/elizahughes.htm (fetched via https://web.archive.org/web/20250522014115/https://www.henrylivingston.com/writing/poetry/elizahughes.htm)
form: trochaic tetrameter (acrostic)
lines: 11
attribution: probable
notes: Light acrostic. Not in MS; attributed by pseudonym R. Site heading/headnote: FOR THE POUGHKEEPSIE JOURNAL. | ACROSTIC

E v'ry grace in her combine,
L ove and truth and friendship join,
I n one source without reserve,
Z ealous all her friends to serve,
A nd diffuse true harmony.

H appy nymph of chaste repose,
U nsullied as the vernal rose.
G ay -- majestic -- yet serene,
H andsome, with a graceful mien;
E v'ry charm in her appear,
S he is lovely, chaste and fair.