On a Present to the Author
OF TWO IMPRESSIONS FROM A FINE ANTIQUE SEAL OF THE HEAD OF ALEXANDER .
The one by Lady P — — , on Paper: the other by Miss J — — P — — , in Wax.
Fair sculpture of Ammon's young graces!
My lady with whim shall we tax;
On paper who marks thy faint traces,
Which Stella stamps lively in wax?
Of their hearts they make mutual confession:
That, cold to emotions once felt,
The mother's scarce yields to impression —
— The daughter's can soften and melt.
The one by Lady P — — , on Paper: the other by Miss J — — P — — , in Wax.
Fair sculpture of Ammon's young graces!
My lady with whim shall we tax;
On paper who marks thy faint traces,
Which Stella stamps lively in wax?
Of their hearts they make mutual confession:
That, cold to emotions once felt,
The mother's scarce yields to impression —
— The daughter's can soften and melt.
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