IN ANSWER TO THE TOO PARTIAL OPINION OF A
FRIEND.
NO , flatterer, no! ah ne’er on me, dear friend,
Will Poesy the wreath-bound brow unbend;
Nor smiles, but ever frowning still anew,
Scarce owns a thought, to taste or nature true;
E’en if my sighs but vibrate on the lyre,
Again will frown and chide the harmless wire;
Ne’er bids me hope a leaf from his bright crown,
But seek in friendship’s smile my sole renown.
(Mrs. Walter Spencer)
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