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DEDICATION TO ETHIOPE LAYS by PRISCILLA JANE THOMPSON

First Line: TO HIM WHOSE CHILDISH HANDS DID SMOOTH
Last Line: THIS FIRSTLING IS INSCRIBED.
Subject(s): BROTHERS AND SISTERS;

To him, whose childish hands did smooth,
My path in infant day,
And in my riper years, did soothe,
My grief and cares away.

To him, my brother, best beloved,
From whom I've truth imbibed,
Dear garland, friend and warder, proved,
This firstling is inscribed.



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