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Poems on several occasions

By the late Edward Lovibond

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ON A PRESENT to the AUTHOR OF TWO IMPRESSIONS FROM A Fine Antique Seal of the Head of ALEXANDER;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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ON A PRESENT to the AUTHOR OF TWO IMPRESSIONS FROM A Fine Antique Seal of the Head of ALEXANDER;

The one by Lady P---, on Paper; The other by Miss J--- P---, in Wax.

Fair sculpture of Ammon's young graces!
My lady with whim shall we tax?
On paper who marks thy faint traces,
Which Stella stamps lively in wax?

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Of their hearts they make mutual confession:
That, cold to emotions once felt,
The mother's scarce yields to impression—
—The daughter's can soften and melt.