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ADDRESSED TO A FRIEND,

WITH A RING.

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Nay, pretty Gertrude, do not fear me
Kind Friendship's easy chain am I,
No fickle tyrant bids thee wear me,
My bondage ne'er shall force a sigh;

 Then let me clasp thy taper finger,
In me no treacherous fetter fear,
I will but ask thy thoughts to linger
Upon the friend who plac'd me there.