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TO DOCTOR LETTSOM,

WRITTEN IN A BLANK LEAF OF THE AUTHOR'S WORKS.

To thee my best Physician and my friend,
This varied garland of the Muse I send;
Her different powers to thee by right belong,
Thou “master of the poet and the song:”
Oft as I droop'd beneath the toil of thought,
Thy skilful hand the balm restoring brought;
And while thy converse sooth'd my sinking heart,
That skilful hand reliev'd the mortal part;
O take the wreathe then which thy patient wove,
O take the tribute of the Muse you love!