Note 632 — PART THE THIRD.
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Mezzotinto engraving. Mr. Park, in early youth, fluctuated in the choice between the sister arts of poetry, music, and painting, and composed the following lines to record the result.
By fancy warm'd, I seiz'd the quill, And poetry the strain inspir'd; Music improv'd it by her skill, Till I with both their charms was fir'd. Won by the graces each display'd, Their younger sister I forgot; Though first to her my vows were paid,— By fate or choice it matters not. She, jealous of their rival powers, And to repay the injury done, Condemn'd me through life's future hours, All to admire, but wed with none.
T. P.