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VGW(PU.776.037
13 Sep 1776:31 (85)
[4 lines introduction, on marriage of Rev. John Bracken to
Sally Burwell]
Could I on airy pinions soar,
Where mighty poets flew before,
How would I, in unpolish'd lays,
Rehearse this happy couple's praise!
My tight-strung lyre should sing the fair,
With whom but few can well compare,
For modesty and sense combin'd,
Those valu'd qualities of mind.
Of Bracken too my muse should sing,
His praise should echo from my string;
Religion, virtue, all around,
And morals good, should loudly sound.
Such lofty themes I must resign,
Such, abler poets, such be thine.
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