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PL.775.014
11 Mar 1775:41 (7)
The following poem, written in Ireland, addressed to the
late Lord Chesterfield, . . . [10 lines introduction]
TO THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD
If e'er in shady grot or bower
Thy sounds have charm'd the silent hour;
Attun'd by thee, if e'er my lays
Shou'd reach to future distant days:
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Whether he strikes the sounding lyre,
The charms of virtue to inspire;
Or whether tun'd to beauty's praise
He modulates his melting lays;
Still first amid the tuneful throng,
The syren's warble in his song.
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