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EPISTLE IV.

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TO THE

AUTHOR OF POEMS

PUBLISHED ANONYMOUSLY

AT BRISTOL,

IN SEPTEMBER, 1795.

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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!