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Title: To A Young Gentleman Author: Matilda Betham [More Titles by Betham] July 29th, 1803. Dear boy, when you meet with a rose, Yet should it be firm and compact, The thistle has still many more, 'Tis what we deem precious and rare, We all have our follies: what then? Weeds are of such obstinate growth, If some could be taken away, [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |