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EPISTLE IV.

TO THE

AUTHOR OF POEMS

PUBLISHED ANONYMOUSLY

AT BRISTOL,

IN SEPTEMBER, 1795.

UNBOASTFUL Bard! whose verse concise yet clear
Tunes to smooth melody unconquer'd sense
May your fame fadeless live, as "never-sere"
The Ivy wreathes yon Oak, whose broad defence
Embow'rs me from Noon's sultry influence!