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ON A PRESENT to the AUTHOR OF TWO IMPRESSIONS FROM A Fine Antique Seal of the Head of ALEXANDER;
The one by Lady P---, on Paper; The other by Miss J--- P---, in Wax.
Fair sculpture of Ammon's young graces!
My lady with whim shall we tax?
On paper who marks thy faint traces,
Which Stella stamps lively in wax?
My lady with whim shall we tax?
On paper who marks thy faint traces,
Which Stella stamps lively in wax?
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Of their hearts they make mutual confession:
That, cold to emotions once felt,
The mother's scarce yields to impression—
—The daughter's can soften and melt.
That, cold to emotions once felt,
The mother's scarce yields to impression—
—The daughter's can soften and melt.
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