Parodies and Other Burlesque Pieces (Classic Reprint)

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Oh, born Time's ravage to repair, And make the dying Muse thy care Who when his scythe our hoary foe Was poising for the final blow, The weapon from his hand could wring, And break his glass, and shear his wing, And bid, reviving in his strain, The gentle poet live again Thou, who canst give to lightest lay An unpedantic moral gay, Nor less the dullest theme bid flit On wings of unexpected wit In letters as in life approved, Example honoured and beloved, Dear Ellis, to thy bard impart A lesson of thy magic art, To win at once the head and heart, At once to charm, instruct, and mend, My guide, my pattern, and my friend.

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