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Various pieces in verse and prose

By the late Nathaniel Cotton. Many of which were never before published. In two volumes
  
  

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REBUS.

[The golden stem, with generous aid]

The golden stem, with generous aid,
Supports and feeds the fruitful blade.
The queen, who rul'd a thankless isle,
And gladden'd thousands with her smile
(When the well-manag'd pound of gold
Did more, than now the sum thrice told;)
This stem of Ceres, and the fair
Of Stuart's house, a name declare,
Where goodness is with beauty join'd,
Where queen and goddess both combin'd
To form an emblem of the mind.