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TO THE SAME,

ON ANOTHER ANNIVERSARY OF THE SAME DAY. WITH A COMPLETE SET OF WORCESTER CHINA.

Ev'n now (besides th' accustom'd glow,
Which round this festive Morn they throw,)
They deck with more immediate care,
The smile, my Gift and I shall share;—

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My Gift; which under China's name,
Asserts an English artist's claim.

Comparison, meanwhile, may found
Resemblance, on much surer ground;
Resemblance, just, and obvious too,
By taking from your Mind it's cue:
There, China's properest use may trace—
Where social Sense aids native grace!—
Thence China's happiest boast may draw—
“All Excellence, without a flaw!”—

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Or noting, how with foreign dies,
Domestic manufacture vies,
May, to this moment, from your birth,
Deduce a parallel of Worth;
Worth, which peculiar powers extracts,
Ev'n from the sphere, wherein it acts;
And in it's home, of humble life,
Displays a Mother, Friend, and Wife;
Whose like, the proudest Nations known,
Might feel new pride, to call their own.

Mark what a group of pieces met,
To make, in China-style, a Set.—
To make the parts you fill, so bright,
As great varieties unite;
All showing, tho' distinctly plac'd,
One Pattern of superior Taste;
All in one brilliant Whole combin'd,
Of Right and Useful, Firm and Kind;

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All sanctioning one faithful list,
Where not a Virtue e'er was mist!