DEDICATION. 
Notwithstanding I own your power with the 
Lady on your fide of the Tweed, yet I never can be induced 
to omit any opportunity of recommending myfelf to her 
good graces, and, with you, muft ever remain a warm ad- 
mirer of her univerfal charms. But the following analyfis 
of one which captivates me moft, is now offered to you, 
with the hopes of meeting with your approbation, and 
that of the feveral votaries who depend on you for a more 
intimate acquaintance with her various beauties. Long 
may you enjoy health, and every happinefs, to perform fo 
agreeable a talk : May you be fuccefsful in extending her 
empire : Good fortune attend you in each of her haunts, 
whether fhe affefts the air, the woods, or the fields whe- 
ther, like an Oread , fhe treads jocund on the mijiy moun- 
tain s top ; or a Naiad , fporting in your rapid dreams. 
Again, fuccefs attend you every where ; and may none 
but Birds of good omen flutter round you. 
Sis licet felix ubicunque mavis, 
Et memor noftri, mihi care, vivas : 
Teque nec lasvus vetet ire Picus, 
Nec vaga Cornix. 
Downing, 
Jan. i, 1773. 
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THOMAS PENNANT. 
