ON MR ******

I'm not so great a child, misjudging youth,
As be offended at the simple truth. 
But since to you the muses lend an ear,
Guard your poetic genius by your fear
Of e'er offending; and, as fate decrees,
That beauteous form must cross the raging seas,
Let thy young heart with native goodness glow,
Nor e'er disgrace the land from whence you go. 
May he who nam'd thee first creation's lord,
Assist thy courage, and direct thy sword,
On earth each bliss of fortune may'st thou reap,
And death approach thee like an infant's sleep. 
If doom'd to fall amidst the fields of fame,
May deeds of honour still record your name. 

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Title (in Source Edition): ON MR ******

Author: Rebekah Carmichael (later Hay)

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Carmichael, Miss (Rebekah) (fl. 1790-1806). Poems. Edinburgh: Peter Hill, 1790, p. 46. 92p. (ESTC T104666) (Page images digitized from a copy at University of California Libraries — third-party rights apply.)

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THE LOVE-LORN MAID ()
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ON A LATE DISTURBANCE IN THE THEATRE ()
ON A REAL INSTANCE OF DISINTERESTED FRIENDSHIP ()
ON A YOUNG GENTLEMAN's RETURN FROM JAMAICA ()
ON A YOUNG LADY ()
ON A YOUNG LADY, WHO ASKED A NECKLACE OF A GENTLEMAN's HAIR, AND WAS REFUSED ()
ON MR ****** ACTOR ()
ON RECEIVING A POT OF THYME ()
ON THE AUTHOR'S BIRTH-DAY ()
ON THE BIRTH-DAY OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN IN THE EAST INDIES ()
ON THE FATE OF CAPTAIN G***** ()
ON THE ST BERNARD'S CANARY BIRDS ()
ON THE STUMP OF AN OLD TREE ()
ON THE SUDDEN DEATH OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN ()
A REQUEST ()
A ROMANTIC SCENE Which happened in the year 1746. ()
A SONG ()
A SONG ()
A SONG ()
A SONG ()
A SONG ()
THE STAR OF EDEN VALE ()
THE STRUGGLE ()
A TALE ()
TO CAPTAIN **** ()
TO MR ***** ()
THE TOOTH ()
THE TWA DOWS ()
THE VILLAIN's SOLILOQUY ()
WORDS OF COURSE ()
WRITTEN IN THE HERMITAGE AT BRAID ()
WRITTEN IN THE HERMITAGE OF BRAID ()
A YOUNG LASS's SOLILOQUY ()

ON MR ******

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