The Poetical Works of Ebenezer Elliott Edited by his Son Edwin Elliott ... A New and Revised Edition: Two Volumes |
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TO A LADY,
WHO COMPLAINED THAT SHE COULD NOT DECYPHER MY SIGNATURE, AND THAT I HAD ADDRESSED HER AS A “CEMENT MANUFACTURER,” WHEREAS SHE WAS MOVING IN THE FIRST CIRCLES OF SOCIETY.
I'm sorry that my ill-scrawl'd nameDefeated my intent;
And that I styled so grand a dame,
“A maker of cement.”
Forgive me, Madam! I confess,
A grievous fault was mine:
I own'd your claim to usefulness,
But knew not you were fine.
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