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is a Source of infinite misapprehension & plague to the patient Author who is generally more embarrassed than Enlightened by it – tho I must confess this sentiment sounds very ungrateful from me after seeing some of my imperfect Hints to you so happily ripened into beautiful verse by the genial Warmth of yr Fancy – but I speak from my own woeful experience as an Author

Tell me then very frankly & by the return of the post whether you wish to dispatch the poem without any unnecessary delays to the Press, or whether you think it may wait, with any advantage, till I can devote myself to