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Having given you this affectionate & I believe good advice concerning yr Person, let me add to this hasty Scrawl a few Words on yr Poetry - In that I can discover no sickly Symptoms — your prologue is spirited & vigorous & yr Squib on the Fast a delightful Jeu d'Esprit – I am not a little entertained also by Boothby's Fragments & yr Ladyship^s Supplement - but how can you lament that yr witty Friend is so much engaged & amused by a Toy a Flower or a Kiss, you ought rather to rejoice at the Facility with which He seizes that coy Fugitive Pleasure

For happy He! in Flora'^s Bower
When smiling on a favourite Flower,
Happy ! when from some glittering Toy!
He draws th' electric spark of joy!
Most Happy! When He from a kiss
Extracts the Quintessence of Bliss—

Pray tell Him I wish all possible success to this & his Chemical Pursuits — adio - I scribble in extreme Haste as \I am/ preparing for my departure I expect the dear Longinus & Meyers here tomorrow & Sunday we all decamp together – Farewell & believe me

ever yr affectionate WH

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Why on thy brow do frowns descend
That glittering trifles please thy Friend
Be rather glad his senses seize
Coy Pleasure with such sprightly Ease