The Poetical Works of the late Mrs Mary Robinson including many pieces never before published. In Three Volumes |
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LINES ADDRESSED TO MRS. ROBINSON.
BY THE LATE JOHN HENDERSON, Esq. On reading a little Welsh Ballad written by Mrs. Robinson entitled “Lewin and Gynniethe.”
Thou pride of a nation where Genius is bless'd,
Where the muse smiles, by fancy and eloquence dress'd,
Sweet minstrel, whose plaintive and elegant mind
Is the temple of wit and of pity combin'd.
Where the muse smiles, by fancy and eloquence dress'd,
Sweet minstrel, whose plaintive and elegant mind
Is the temple of wit and of pity combin'd.
Oh! ne'er let the pen sleep in silence whose lays
Claim the young budding laurel, a nation's just praise;
Exert thy soft skill, and from Phœbus receive
That wealth which the God shall to excellence give.
Claim the young budding laurel, a nation's just praise;
Exert thy soft skill, and from Phœbus receive
That wealth which the God shall to excellence give.
1783.
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