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XIX. To Mrs. ANDREW.
With complimental, or with friendly strains,Shall I these notes of love to others give?
And thee forget, from whom my Thespia sprung,
Haply the guardian power by which I live?
No gentle Dame, thou shalt not be unsung
By him, whose soul is formed of grateful kind.
Not for thy noble ancestry, whose stem
Is graced with royal or imperial name;
But for thy own superior qualities.
Goodness of heart, which kings and courts might shame,
Meekness, simplicity no art which tries,
Reservedness, modesty the female gem,
Conjugal love, which faithless thought disdains,
While all devolved, I in thy daughter find.
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