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To Maria

'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.

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