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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.



Thomas Campbell


Thomas Campbell's other poems:
  1. O’Connor’s Child; Or, the Flower of Love Lies Bleeding
  2. Lines on the View from St. Leonard’s
  3. The Beech Tree's Petition
  4. Lines on the Camp Hill, near Hastings
  5. Poland


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