1802.

[Footnote 4: The Author claims the indulgence of the reader, more for
this piece, than, perhaps, any other in the collection; but as it was
written at an earlier period than the rest, (being composed at the
age of 14) and his first Essay, be preferred submitting it to the
indulgence of his friends in its present state, to making either
addition or alteration.]

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TO D. ----

In thee, I fondly hop'd to clasp,
A friend whom death alone could sever,
But envy with malignant grasp,
Has torn thee from my breast for ever.

2.

True, she has forc'd thee from my _breast_,
But in my _heart_ thou keep'st thy seat;
There, there, thine image still must rest,
Until that heart shall cease to beat.

3.

And when the grave restores her dead,
When life again to dust is given,