"D.H.L.," who was in the infantry at Fort McClary in Kittery Point, made this acrostic for Hannah Lewis in 1809.

The acrostic creates a poem using the first letters of Hannah's name.

It reads:

Heav'n-born graces, from their radient spheres,
Attendent wait, to guard, your rising years,
No chilling frost, to blast the blooming rose,
Nor may pale sickness, the fair scene oppose!
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Angelic Seraphs, from ^ thrones above,
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Her life, protect, & all your dee^s approve.

Learning & Sicence, with the Virtues glow,
Enrichd-in worth - may grace, & wisdom flow --
When youth decays, may Virtue brighter shine --
Inspir,d from heav,n by objects all divine;
Such be your fate, & every thought Sublime --