The ANSWER. Stephen Duck Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T90234 K073280.000 Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756. Poems on several occasions: By Stephen Duck. London printed for the author 1736 pp. 193-194. xl,334,[2]p. ; 4⁰.

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The ANSWER . WHEN I , in feeble Verse , essay'd NASSAU and ANNA's Praise , A Lyric Muse flew o'er my Head , And dropp'd a Branch of Bays : I would have fix'd it on my Brow ; But PHOEBUS said , Forbear ; 'Tis Vanity to touch the Bough , And Sacrilege , to wear . Give it the Bard , who boldly dares Attempt the Roman Lyre ; Who wisely checks , but not impairs The tow'ring PINDAR's Fire . Thus , Sir , to you , in PHOEBUS' Name , The Laurel Wreath I send ; And , since the God denies me Fame , Am glad it crowns my Friend .