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LINES FOR AN ALBUM.TO MISS A. S.
Alicia bids me wake the lay,
Alicia courts my muse;
Sweet girl, with pleasure I obey,—
'T were painful to refuse;
Alicia courts my muse;
Sweet girl, with pleasure I obey,—
'T were painful to refuse;
For well I feel, though weak the strain,
Though poor the lines may flow,
No critic harsh have I to gain,
Approval to bestow.
Though poor the lines may flow,
No critic harsh have I to gain,
Approval to bestow.
Alicia loves the simplest proof
Of friendship and regard;
To gain her smile were boon enough
To inspire a worthier bard.
Of friendship and regard;
To gain her smile were boon enough
To inspire a worthier bard.
