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SONNET IV. PREFIXED TO LANGHORNE'S POETICAL WORKS. 1766.
Langhorne! unknown to me (sequester'd swain!)
Save by the Muse's soul-enchanting lay,
To kindred spirits never sung in vain;
Accept the tribute of this light essay.
Save by the Muse's soul-enchanting lay,
To kindred spirits never sung in vain;
Accept the tribute of this light essay.
Sweet are thy songs, they oft amuse my day;
Of Fancy's visions while I hear thee 'plain,
While Scotland's honours claim thy pastoral strain,
Or Music comes o'er Handel tears to pay.
Of Fancy's visions while I hear thee 'plain,
While Scotland's honours claim thy pastoral strain,
Or Music comes o'er Handel tears to pay.
For all thy Irwan's flowery banks display,
Thy Persian Lover, and his Indian fair;
For all Theodosius' mournful lines convey,
When Pride and Avarice part a matchless Pair;
Receive just praise, and wreaths that ne'er decay,
By Fame and Virtue twin'd for thee to wear.
Thy Persian Lover, and his Indian fair;
For all Theodosius' mournful lines convey,
When Pride and Avarice part a matchless Pair;
Receive just praise, and wreaths that ne'er decay,
By Fame and Virtue twin'd for thee to wear.
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