XII. To the late Lady Rouse Boughton .

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'Tis said, that jealous of a name

We all would praise confine,

And choke the leading path to fame

In our peculiar line.

But vainly should detraction preach

If once I made it known,

The art of pleasing thou would'st teach

Acknowledg'd for thy own.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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