Lovibond, Edward (bap. 1723, d. 1775)

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. [from Poems on several occasions. By the late Edward Lovibond]

London

Printed for J. Dodsley [etc.]

1785

Hearts may scarce yield to impression while "The daughter's can soften and melt"

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.

Writing::Wax and Paper

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04/19/2005