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TOA YOUNG GENTLEMAN.July 29th, 1803.
Dear boy, when you meet with a rose,
Admire you the thorns very much?
Or like you to play with a ball,
When the handling it blisters your touch!
Admire you the thorns very much?
Or like you to play with a ball,
When the handling it blisters your touch!
Yet should it be firm and compact,
It is easy to polish it nice;
If the rose is both pretty and sweet,
The thorns will come oft in a trice.
It is easy to polish it nice;
If the rose is both pretty and sweet,
The thorns will come oft in a trice.
