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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GEORGE DODINGTON, ESQ., by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: As late I rov'd by lodon's whispering stream
Last Line: "when on that theme my young and thomson fail?'"
Subject(s): Apollo; Bubb Dodington, George. Baron Melcombe; Creative Ability; Mythology - Classical; Praise; Inspiration; Creativity


AS late I rov'd by Lodon's whispering Stream,
Studious to sound in Verse thy much-lov'd Name,
Apollo came, and touch'd my trembling Ear——
"To praise a Dodington, rash Bard! forbear!
"What can thy weak, and ill-tun'd Voice avail,
"When on that Theme my Young and Thomson fail?'





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