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Fleuron from 'Poems on Several Occasions' by William Broome, 2nd edition published in 1739
Fleuron from 'Poems on Several Occasions' by William Broome, 2nd edition published in 1739

To the Right Honourable

CHARLES

Lord Viscount

TOWNSHEND;

Late one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State,

AND

Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, &c.

My Lord,

I beg leave to publish the following Poems under your Patronage: A Present, I confess, unworthy of it, and of little value, excepting what gratitude gives it: But, I fear, it may be esteem'd a Boastrather