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AN OLD LEGEND MODERNIZED .

John Fowler, I owe you a tale or a song,
I've remain'd, I confess it, your debtor too long;
So, painting in verse and rude saxon a scene
Where oft' with the bard of the rabble you've been,
I daub on the landscape a figure or two,
Not portraits from life, but ideally true,
And humbly inscribe the poor picture to you.

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