The Canons of Criticism and Glossary Being A Supplement to Mr. Warburton's Edition of Shakespear ... The Sixth Edition, with Additions [with] The Trial of the Letter y, alias Y, and Sonnets [by Thomas Edwards] |
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SONNET XII.
To D. Wray, Esq;
Wray, whose dear friendship in the dawning years
Of undesigning childhood first began,
Through youth's gay morn with even tenor ran,
My noon conducted, and my evening chears;
Of undesigning childhood first began,
Through youth's gay morn with even tenor ran,
My noon conducted, and my evening chears;
Rightly dost Thou, in whom combin'd appears
Whate'er for public life completes the Man,
With active zeal strike out a larger plan;
No useless friend to Senators and Peers:
Whate'er for public life completes the Man,
With active zeal strike out a larger plan;
No useless friend to Senators and Peers:
Me moderate talents and a small estate
Fit for retirement's unambitious shade,
Nor envy I who near approach the throne;
But joyful see thee mingle with the Great,
See thy deserts with due distinction paid,
And praise thy lot, contented with my own.
Fit for retirement's unambitious shade,
Nor envy I who near approach the throne;
But joyful see thee mingle with the Great,
See thy deserts with due distinction paid,
And praise thy lot, contented with my own.
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