to alex. cunningham, esq., writer(2 / 2)

but thou, omnipotently fond,

may'st promise love immortal!

thy wounds such healing powers defy,

such symptoms dire attend them,

thatst great antihectic try—

marriage perhaps may mend them.

sweet anna has an air—a grace,

divine, magic, touching:

she talks, she charms—but who can trace

the process of bewitching?