SONNET. TO MISS H. M. Thomas Edwards 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. T116245 1137 K093079.004 Pearch, G. A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands. Vol. IV. [The second edition]. London printed for G. Pearch 1770 p. 50. 4v. ; 8⁰.

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SONNET . TO MISS H. M. BY THE SAME . SWEET Linnet , who from off the laurel spray That hangs o'er Spenser's ever-sacred tomb , Pour'st out such notes , as strike the Woodlark dumb , And vie with Philomel's inchanting lay , How shall my verse thy melody repay ? If my weak voice could reach the age to come , Like Colin Clout's , thy name should ever bloom Thro' future times , unconscious of decay : But such frail aid thy merits not require , Thee Polyhymnia , in the roseate bowers Of high Parnassus , 'midst the vocal throng , Shall glad receive , and to her tuneful fire Present ; where , crown'd with amaranthine flowers , The raptur'd choir shall listen to thy song .