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POEMS,
&c.
TO THE AUTHOROFTHE MAN OF FEELING.
Too oft, where tow'ring Genius lends its ray,
And glowing Fancy takes its flow'ry way;
Where nice Expression too, fulfils its part,
And guides each well-wrought image to the heart
While rapt'rous thought the reader may inspire,
And his eye kindles with a borrow'd fire;
Strange to reveal! the coldest heart may dwell
In him whose eloquence describes so well.
And glowing Fancy takes its flow'ry way;
Where nice Expression too, fulfils its part,
And guides each well-wrought image to the heart
While rapt'rous thought the reader may inspire,
And his eye kindles with a borrow'd fire;
Strange to reveal! the coldest heart may dwell
In him whose eloquence describes so well.
