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TO THE Lady Elizabeth Harley, Since Marchioness of Carmarthen,

On a Column of Her Drawing.

1 When future Ages shall with Wonder view
2 These glorious Lines, which Harley's Daughter drew;
3 They shall confess, that Britain could not raise
4 A fairer Column to the Father's Praise.

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Title (in Source Edition): TO THE Lady Elizabeth Harley, Since Marchioness of Carmarthen, On a Column of Her Drawing.
Author: Matthew Prior
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Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721. Poems on Several Occasions [English poems only]. London: Printed for JACOB TONSON at Shakespear's-Head over against Katharine-Street in the Strand, and JOHN BARBER upon Lambeth-Hill. MDCCXVIII., 1718, p. 291. [42],506,[6]p.: ill.; 2°. (ESTC T075639) (Page images digitized from a copy in the Bodleian Library [H 6.8 Art.].)

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