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Poems and Plays

by Mr. Jerningham. In Four Volumes ... The Ninth Edition

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TO THE COUNT DE VERLAC,
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


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TO THE COUNT DE VERLAC,

On his Translation of the Poem, “THE FUNERAL OF ARABERT.”

Hail to the Bard! who o'er my humble theme
Hath shed a warm irradiating beam,
Who on my muse from forth his mental store,
Breathes many a grace she could not boast before.
Th' ingrafted tree thus lifts her cheerful head,
And waves her branches with new honours spread:
Proud of her foliage, proud of fruit unknown,
Of fragrance, tints, and colors scarce her own.