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The Harp of Erin

Containing the Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Dermody. In Two Volumes
Dermody, Thomas (1775-1802)

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J. SCALIGER'S EPIGRAM On the sonnets of Petrarch.

IMITATED.

Petrarch! how bright a flame illum'd thy breast!
Unrival'd wit in smoothest numbers drest.
Nor the sweet Muse, nor yet the maid belov'd,
Were coy, but both alike thy suit approv'd;
Methinks, while I peruse the charming strain,
Apollo wooes his Daphne o'er again.
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To number, to add, or to multiply more,
Old miser avails not in thy sad contrition;
To give thee some zest with thy ill-gotten store,
Then pri'thee, lean penitent, learn division.
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