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And with the rights we call our own
To all mankind so freely thrown,

That EUROPE's gallows-birds may gain them;
With all these precious aids together,

I put it to your Highness whether

We shall one day discredit HELL?

And with such hope of our damnation
To glad you, and the observation
That to my long epistle I

By no means look for your reply,

I leave your Grace. And so, farewell.

Postscript.

The bearer of this letter

Perhaps will be, for want of better,
The captain of a public journal,
And hence will merit your regard.
I, therefore, pray your Grace Infernal
That, for my sake, you will reward
The fellow to his heart's desire
With plenty of your bluest fire.
He always in this life affected
A love of brimstone and saltpetre:
A double quantity directed
May gratify and keep him sweeter.
And, to encourage all such souls,

Add a peck more or two of coals.

which has already done so much mischief, a spirit in itself improper and fraught with danger to the morals of the people.

SONNETS.

SONNETS.

I.

THE REPROACH OF VENUS.

THE Queen of Rapture hover'd o'er my bed, Borne on the wings of Silence and the Night : She touch'd with hers my glowing lips and said, While my blood tingled with the keen delight,

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And is the spirit of thy youth then fled,
That made thee joy in other themes more bright ?
For satire only must thine ink be shed,
And none but boys and fools my praises write?"

"O, by these swimming eyes," I said, and sigh'd, "And by this pulse, which feels and fears thine art, Thou knowest, enchantress, and thou seest with pride, Thou of my being art the dearest part!

Let those sing love to whom love is deny'd ;
But I, O queen, I chant thee in my heart."

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