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The Works of the Right Honourable Sir Chas. Hanbury Williams

... From the Originals in the Possession of His Grandson The Right Hon. The Earl of Essex and Others: With Notes by Horace Walpole ... In Three Volumes, with Portraits

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AN ODE ON MISS HARRIET HANBURY,
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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AN ODE ON MISS HARRIET HANBURY,

AT SIX YEARS OLD.

I

WHY should I thus employ my time,
To paint those cheeks of rosy hue?
Why should I search my brains for rhyme,
To sing those eyes of glossy blue?

II

The pow'r as yet is all in vain,
Thy num'rous charms, and various graces;
They only serve to banish pain,
And light up joy in parents faces.

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But soon those eyes their strength shall feel;
Those charms their pow'rful sway shall find;
Youth shall in crouds before you kneel,
And own your empire o'er mankind.

IV

Then, when on Beauty's throne you sit,
And thousands court your wish'd-for arms,
My Muse shall stretch her utmost wit,
To sing the vict'ries of your charms.

V

Charms that in time shall ne'er be lost,
At least while verse like mine endures:
And future Hanburys shall boast,
Of verse like mine, of charms like yours.

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VI

A little vain we both may be,
Since scarce another house can shew,
A poet, that can sing like me,
A beauty, that can charm like you.