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To Mrs. P--------,


With ſome Drawings of Birds and Insects.


The kindred arts to pleaſe thee ſhall conſpire,
One dip the pencil, and one ſtring the lyre.
Pope.


AMANDA bids; at her command again
I ſeize the pencil, or reſume the pen;
No other call my willing hand requires,
And friendſhip, better than a Muſe inſpires.

 Painting and poetry are near allied;

The kindred arts two ſiſter Muſes guide;

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