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Juvenilia

or, A collection of poems. Written between the ages of twelve and seventeen, by J. H. L. Hunt ... Fourth Edition

Hunt, Leigh (1784-1859)

THE PALACE OF PLEASURE;

CANTO I.

II.

CANTO II.

ANTHEM;

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PARODY

ON DR. JOHNSON'S “HERMIT HOAR, &c.”

“Gentle Lady, on whose cheek
“Modesty's soft blushes play;
“Tell, O tell me where to seek
“Virtue, and her blissful way.

Thus I said, and mournful sigh'd
As I curs'd beguiling sin;
When the gentle lady cried,
“Come and treat us with some gin!”

This is a species of writing imitated from the Italian, the last line of which is made to differ from the foregoing, and produce some ludicrous point from a seemingly grave subject.