Poems on several occasions By John Bennet |
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Sent to his Grace the D--- of ---, on receiving a Bounty for his Poems. |
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Sent to his Grace the D--- of ---, on receiving a Bounty for his Poems.
My Lord,
A mind quite free from adulating lays,
In the most humble sense returns his praise
For that kind, gen'rous bounty to him sent,
Such works reward! too great the compliment.
Could I but speak one half the tender joys
That flow'd from my dear wife and lisping boys,
And pleasing satisfaction that I felt,
A flinty soul would in compassion melt.
In the most humble sense returns his praise
For that kind, gen'rous bounty to him sent,
Such works reward! too great the compliment.
Could I but speak one half the tender joys
That flow'd from my dear wife and lisping boys,
And pleasing satisfaction that I felt,
A flinty soul would in compassion melt.
Accept, great Sir, accept these grateful strains,
Which flow sincerely from my thankful veins.
May Love and Mercy, attributes divine!
Be ever centred in your noble line.
Which flow sincerely from my thankful veins.
May Love and Mercy, attributes divine!
Be ever centred in your noble line.
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