The bud inserted in the rind, Not rich, I render what I may; Lest this should prove the last. 'Tis where it should be-in a plan That holds in view the good of man. The poet's lyre, to fix his fame, No muses on these lines attend, BY WILLIAM COWPER, OF THE INNER TEMPLE, ESQ. Fit surculus arbor. ANONYM. To which are added, BY THE SAME AUTHOR, An EPISTLE to JOSEPH HILL, Esq. TIROCINIUM, or a LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, No 72, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD: 1785. [Copy of the title-page of Cowper's second publication.] |