The Young Letter-Writer.

Dear Sir, Dear Madam, or Dear Friend,

With ease are written at the top;

When these two happy words are penn'd,

A youthful writer oft will stop,

And bite his pen, and lift his eyes,

As if he thinks to find in air

The wish'd-for following words, or tries

To fix his thoughts by fixed stare.

But haply all in vain—the next