The Poetical Works of the late Christopher Anstey With Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, By his son, John Anstey |
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The Poetical Works of the late Christopher Anstey | ||
Such delights if thou canst give,
Bath, at thee I choose to live.
Made by a hungry poet here,
A happy bard, who rhymes and eats,
And lives by uttering quaint conceits;
Yet thinks to him alone belong
The laurels due to modern song.
Bath, at thee I choose to live.
J--- W---d---r.
Bath, 1766.
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POSTSCRIPT.
Inclos'd you'll find some lines, my dear,Made by a hungry poet here,
A happy bard, who rhymes and eats,
And lives by uttering quaint conceits;
Yet thinks to him alone belong
The laurels due to modern song.
The Poetical Works of the late Christopher Anstey | ||