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TO DR. AUSTIN, OF CECIL STREET, LONDON by WILLIAM COWPER

Poet Analysis

First Line: AUSTIN! ACCEPT A GRATEFUL VERSE FROM ME!
Last Line: AND BOLDLY CALL THEE, BEING HIS, MY OWN.
Subject(s): PHYSICIANS; DOCTORS;
AUSTEN! accept a grateful verse from me,
The poet's treasure, no inglorious fee.
Loved by the Muses, thy ingenuous mind
Pleasing requital in a verse may find;
Verse oft has dashed the scythe of Time aside,
Immortalizing names which else had died.
And oh! could I command the glittering wealth
With which sick kings are glad to purchase health,
Yet, if extensive fame, and sure to live,
Were in the power of verse like mine to give,
I would not recompense his heart with less,
Who, giving Mary health, heals my distress.
Friend of my friend! I love thee, though unknown,
And boldly call thee, being his, my own.



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