WRITTEN IN THE ALBUM OF I —— H —— P ——, ESQ.

Dear P ——, while Painters, Poets, Sages,

Inscribe this volume's votive pages

With partial friendship: why invite

The tribute of a luckless wight

Unknown — by wisdom or by wit

Indulged with no certificate?

Perchance, as in a diadem

Glittering with many a radiant gem,

Some mean metallic foil is placed

Judicious, by the hand of taste;

You seek, amidst the sons of fame,

To set an undistinguish'd name?

If so — that name is freely lent,

A pebble to your gems — T. GENT.