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XIII. To Mr. J. SPURWAY.
Spurway, whose early virtues caught my mind,Where Isis thro her classic region strays;
By native warmth to generous deeds inclined,
With delicacy fraught, with honour's rays
Adorn'd; a favourite of the blue-eyed maid;
To whom the muses ne'er refused their aid
Duely invoked. —Oh! since, supremely tried
In undeserved affliction's rugged ways!
Till thy benignant star propitious shined,
And mild philosophy his balm applied
Healing each wound corrosive. To thy hand
These elegiac lays I justly send,
For thou from me such tribute mightst demand,
Who know thy liberal heart, and stile thee friend.
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