Ballads for the Times (Now first collected,) Geraldine, A Modern Pyramid, Bartenus, A Thousand Lines, and other poems. By Martin F. Tupper. A new Edition, enlarged and revised |
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To the same,
AFTER PUBLICATION.
That they have praised thee well, and cheer'd thee onWith kinder tones than critics deign to few,
Child of my thoughts, my fancy's favourite son,
Our courteous thanks, our heartfelt thanks are due.
Despise not thou thine equal's honest praise;
Yet feast not of such dainties; thou shalt rue
Their sweetness else; let rather generous pride
Those golden apples straightly spurn aside,
And gird thee all unshackled to the race:
On to the goal of honour, fair beginner,
A thousand ducats thou shalt yet be winner!
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