COMMENDATORYVERSES

commendatoryverses

totheauthorofpoems,

publishedunderthenameofbarrycornwall

(1820)

lethate,orgrosserheats,theirfoulnessmask

underthevizorofaborrowedname;

letthingseschewthelightdeservingblame:

nocausehastthoutoblushforthysweettask.

"marciancolonna"isadaintybook;

andthy"siciliantale"mayboldlypass;

thy"dream"'boveall,inwhich,asinaglass,

onthegreatworld'santiqueglorieswemaylook.

nolongerthen,as"lowlysubstitute,

factor,orproctor,foranother'sgains,"

suffertheadmiringworldtobedeceived;

lestthouthyself,byselfoffamebereaved,

lamenttoolatethelostprizeofthypains,

andheavenlytunespipedthroughanalienflute.