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WRITTEN IN MY NEPHEW'S SOUVENIR.
Dear John I'd willingly comply
With any wish of thine;
But really 'tis in vain I try
In poetry to shine.
With any wish of thine;
But really 'tis in vain I try
In poetry to shine.
The muse of late has been unkind,
And wont vouchsafe a smile;
Therefore I had made up my mind
To leave her for a while.
And wont vouchsafe a smile;
Therefore I had made up my mind
To leave her for a while.
But on your strong solicitation,
That in your book Id write,
I'll send a pressing invitation
For her to come to night.
That in your book Id write,
I'll send a pressing invitation
For her to come to night.
