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on reflection the poor Devil is not to blame – for yr Frank wanted the name of Chichester our post Town, & so rambled to Lewes — But I have said too much already of this mortifying accident,– & not a word yet of yr lovely & delightful poem.
You are a dear good Girl to pay such quick obedience to my fraternal Injunctions, & to promise such implicit Submission. I shall try the extent of your Fidelity – yr Poem is a rose in the Bud;– I wish to see it expand to almost double its present size, & there is a certain canker-Worm in it, which (tho you forbid me to touch it) I am determined to dislodge, for it shall not spoil the Beauty of so promising a Flower – My dear generous warm-hearted Girl! you must allow me to temper yr Enthusiasm a little (tho Heaven