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The Powers of the Pen

A poem addressed to John Curre ... By E. Lloyd ... The second edition, with large additions

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Fades the thick leafy grove? the Pen
Can bid its verdure live again,
Can with imagination's dew
Cherish each Leaf to bloom anew,
And call forth greenest Wreaths t'endow
The Patriot's and the Poet's Brow.