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PJ.744.008
16 Feb 1744:11, 12 (64)
. . . give the inclosed lines a place in your paper. They
were lately written; for the consolation of a friend, by a
person of our own province, who, tho' he has not had the
advantage of a liberal education; and his common employment
will not permit him to bestow much time upon the improvement
of his genius; yet the same natural good sense, which
renders his conversation agreeable to those who are
acquainted with him, I think generally appears in his
compositions. The following is in it's first dress, without
any correction by the author, who, I hope, will not be
displeas'd at the freedom taken, in the publication of it,
by Yours, &c.
AN ANSWER TO A LETTER FROM A FRIEND UNDER AFFLICTION.
It grieves me much to hear my friend complain,
In whining accents, like a love-sick swain;
To see how eas'ly fortune casts him down,
And set him trembling, if she does but frown.
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