Poem by Thomas Campbell

To a Young Lady, Who Asked Him to Write Something Original for Her Album

An original something, dear maid, you would win me
          To write – but how shall I begin?
For I fear I have nothing original in me –
          Excepting Original Sin.

1. The Beech Tree's Petition
2. Gilderoy
3. The Harper
4. Napoleon and the British Sailor
5. Lines on the View from St. Leonard’s

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