A Muse in Livery A Collection of Poems [by Robert Dodsley] |
To my Friend Mr. WRIGHT, upon his commending something I had wrote.
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To my Friend Mr. WRIGHT, upon his commending something I had wrote.
Say, was the real merit of my laysThe happy motive of your gen'rous praise?
Or did your partial friendship in each line,
Too much indulge the muse because 'twas mine?
Yes, yes, 'twas so; the first can ne'er be true;
'Tis hard to please a judge and critick too.
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