LXXVIII.
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ON THE BLANK LEAF
OF A
WORK BY HANNAH MORE.
PRESENTED BY MRS C——.
Thou flattering work of friendship kind, Still may thy pages call to mind The dear, the beauteous donor; Though sweetly female every part, Yet such a head, and more the heart, Does both the sexes honour. She showed her taste refined and just, When she selected thee, Yet deviating, own I must, For so approving me! But kind still, I’ll mind still The giver in the gift; I’ll bless her, and wiss her A Friend above the Lift.
Mossgiel, April, 1786.