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 48 COURTESY.

Upon the seat so pleasantly reclin d, I fain would sing the praise of courtesy, Such as it flourish d in the olden time, Spreading, chivalrously, its mantle down For lady s foot, or soothing the morose Into a good opinion of themselves, And opening thus a loophole, whence good will To others might peep through ; or, better still, When link d to Christian principle, it breathes The law of kindness, and with winning grace Doth make another s happiness its own.

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