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[Page 67]
Kinross-House, 1776.
To — Esq; Member of the Capillaire Club.
1 LET every line convey a sister's heart,
2 And for thy health — her anxious fears impart.
3 Think, O! my brother — alas! I have but one,
4 The hour of riot, it may last too long.
5 Folly and youth in all will have their sway,
6 But reason too puts in a claim to-day.
7 O! hear her voice! the worthy man prefer
8 To the gay dissipate.
9 While vain amusement takes up all thy time.
10 These lines can show how I employ mine.
11 Harmless at least, tho' now a sigh would break.
12 To gayer scenes I fain would me betake?
13 But soon suppress'd.
14 In various arts my skill I do essay:
15 To shade yon walk — and flowers of various kind,
16 And various shrubs with sweetest woodbine bind.
17 May some fair nymph, who all thy fancy takes —
18 For you and her I plant it — for your sakes.
19 But O! beware the noisy-coming she;
20 May one more modest be design'd for thee;
21 Temper — good-sense — nor can these grow familiar,
22 Each day improves, tho' youth and beauty leave her.
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Carstairs, Christian. Original Poems. By a Lady, Dedicated to Miss Ann Henderson. A Tribute to Gratitude and Friendships. Edinburgh: Andrew Shortrede, 1786, p. 67. (ESTC T76883) (Page images digitized from a copy in the Bodleian Library [Harding C 680].)
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