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SONNET TO MR. LANGHORNE.
BY JOHN SCOTT, ESQ.
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;
Due for thy sweet songs that amus'd my day!
Where Fancy held her visionary reign,
Or Scotland's honours claim'd the pastoral strain.
Or Music came o'er Handel tears to pay:
Where Fancy held her visionary reign,
Or Scotland's honours claim'd the pastoral strain.
Or Music came o'er Handel tears to pay:
For all thy Irwan's flow'ry banks display,
Thy Persian lover and his Indian fair;
All Theodosius' mournful lines convey,
Where Pride and Av'rice 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;
All Theodosius' mournful lines convey,
Where Pride and Av'rice part a matchless pair;
Receive just praise and wreaths that ne'er decay,
By Fame and Virtue twin'd for thee to wear.
Amwell, near Ware,
16 March, 1766.
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