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NM.768.051
19 Sep 1768:41 (524)
From the Art of Poetry. There is much of the softness of
Sappho, and the sweetness of Anacreon and Prior, in the
following ode, which is ascribed to Mr. Dodd, and was
written in compliment to a lady, who, being sick, had sent
the author Moss Rose-Bud, instead of making his family a
visit. This piece is particularly to be esteemed, and
recommended to the fair sex, for the just and striking moral
with which it is pointed.
The slightest of favors bestow'd by the fair,
With rapture we take & with triumph we wear:
But a moss-woven rose-bud, Eliza, from thee,
A well-pleasing gift to a monarch would be:
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