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not that rich odors [sic] fil that fragrant air
& all arabia sees to blossom there;
not that his mine of vegetable wealth
Forms, with its radiant spoils, the Throne of Health;
But that fair Seward, in that mossy dell,
plays a sweet prelude on the vocal shell;
Her soft notes floating oer the wavy Green
complete the magic of the lovely scene.

But not even the Beauties of the botanic Garden shall make me forget your still more interesting Elegy – compassion do you say for your condemned stanzas! I have Love, I have admiration for their affectionate spirit & poetical Excellence, & to shew you what feelings I have for them, I must observe, that if they are to be inserted at all, I cannot suffer the entire opinion of that stanza, which, tho not so brilliant as your Sun Beam & your Eagle, is still more delightful to my Heart, than they are to my Fancy – I would rather part with your praise, than with your kind wishes — Besides