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By the hand thou took’st me, and did’st condescend To bring me straightway into thy fair guild; And life-long hath it been high compliment. a very good poem. tony

Given to rare thought and to good learning bent; Whilst in my straits an angel on me smiled. Permit me, then, thus honored, still to be A scholar in thy university. very good poem.

Nice if dated poem. Bronson was an abolitionist and feminist, if a man can be such.