And swell the softer strain with themes of love.
[FROM AN EPISTLE TO MIRA.]
[April, 1780.]
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Of substance I've thought, and the varied disputes
On the nature of man and the notions of brutes;
Of systems confuted, and systems explain'd;
Of science disputed, and tenets maintain'd.
These, and such speculations on these kind of things,
Have robb'd my poor Muse of her plume and her wings;