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Show ( X ] But we in mutual bondage knit Of Friendfhip's clofeft tie, Can gaze on ~ven DARWIN's wit With an unjaundic'd eye; And deem the bard, whoe'er he be, And howfoever known, Who would not twine a wreath for Thee, Unworthy of his own. v ! WM. COWPER. H'tjlon Underwood, Olney, Bucks, June 23, I793· [ xi ] TO Dr. DARWIN. As Nature lovely Science led Thro' al.l her flow'ry maze, The volume ilie before her fpread Of DAR WIN's radiant lays. Coy Science :ll:arts-fo :ll:arted Eve At beauties yet unknown : " The .figure that you there perceive (Said Nature) is your own." '' My own ? It is :-but half fo fair " I never feem'd till now: " And here, too, with a foften'd air, " Sweet Nature! here art Thou." '' Yes-in this mirrour of the Bard " We both embelliih'd iliine; " And grateful will unite to guard " An artifl: fo divine."-- b 2 |