Epigram — On Lord Buchan's assertion, that " Women ought always to be flattered grossly, or not spoken to at all" — —

" Praise Woman still!" his Lordship says,
" Deserved, or not, no matter,"
But thee, Maria, while I praise,
There Flattery cannot flatter. —

Maria, all my thought and dream,
Inspires my vocal shell:
The more I praise my lovely Theme
The more the truth I tell. —