In Reverence of an August Friend [Nancy]

My august friend and lovely professor,
Whom I respect and admire with love,
Your knowledge and wisdom are confessor
To most rich charms, which honor me above
All loveliness and fulness. But your grace
And smile, the marks of true ampleness,
Are rare gifts which I covet and embrace
From time to glad time's happier richness.
You are a picture of health and beauty—
A mirror of grace and warmth, of awards
That mark a fine lady’s necessity,
Whose dignity rebukes all mean rewards.
    With virtue, wisdom, grace and lovely ease,
    You model all that's good by great degrees.