Sketches in verse with prose illustrations. By Mr. Polwhele. Second edition, with several additional pieces |
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EXTEMPORE LINES TO MISS W---
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EXTEMPORE LINES TO MISS W---
ON HER VINDICATION OF GRAY'S ODE TO SPRING, AGAINST THE CHARGE OF OBSCURITY.
To vindicate a Poet's strainWhen female accents flow;
With sullen wrinkles frowns in vain
The hypercritic brow.
'Tis thus thy bright ideas check
The asperser's weak essay;
While, gentle pleader, not a speck
Obscures the page of Gray.
Yet spare the task: to grace thy bard
The tuneful ode rehearse—
Thy liquid voice alone, sweet W---!
Gives clearness to his verse!
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