"Come, swift-wing'd Fancy, airy maid, In varied, dazzling vest array'd, Inspire thy vot'ry's lay; Grant me thy flow'ry walks to tread, To range thy summer-painted mead, Or near thy fountain play. Now led by thy resistless hand, Or guided by thy fairy wand, O'er yet untrodden space; Or on thy pinions borne along, The bright Ideas' flitting throngs Pursue th' aerial race."
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Ode to Fancy (1790), from Genuine Poetical Compositions, on Various Subjects (1791)
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Elizabeth Bentley (writer)
Elizabeth Bentley (1767–1839) was an English poet, born in Norwich.
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