The works of Lord Byron A new, revised and enlarged edition, with illustrations. Edited by Ernest Hartley Coleridge and R. E. Prothero |
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TO MR. MURRAY. |
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TO MR. MURRAY.
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Strahan, Tonson, Lintot of the times,Patron and publisher of rhymes,
For thee the bard up Pindus climbs,
My Murray.
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To thee, with hope and terror dumb,The unfledged MS. authors come;
Thou printest all—and sellest some—
My Murray.
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Upon thy table's baize so greenThe last new Quarterly is seen,—
But where is thy new Magazine,
My Murray?
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Along thy sprucest bookshelves shineThe works thou deemest most divine—
The Art of Cookery, and mine,
My Murray.
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Tours, Travels, Essays, too, I wist,And Sermons, to thy mill bring grist;
And then thou hast the Navy List,
My Murray.
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And Heaven forbid I should conclude,Without “the Board of Longitude,”
Although this narrow paper would,
My Murray.
Venice, April 11, 1818.
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