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Poems on Several Occasions

By the Reverend Mr. Thomas Warton

Warton, Thomas (1688?-1745)

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To the Right Honourable George Dodington, Esq

As late I rov'd by Lodon's whispering Stream,
Studious to sound in Verse thy much-lov'd Name,
Apollo came, and touch'd my trembling Ear—
“To praise a Dodington, rash Bard! forbear!
“What can thy weak, and ill-tun'd Voice avail,
“When on that Theme my Young and Thomson fail?”