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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: