11. TO ELIZABETH LINLEY

SHALL my Eliza to the woods and trees
  Alone communicate her tuneful lays?
Or breathe her rhyme to the unmindful breeze
  And be content with Echo’s idle praise?

Oh! let your Sylvio share, my gentlest love.
  Let Sylvio share each line that you rehearse.
Or will he hate flowers, elms, sweet bird and grove
  Which shall inspire the too unsocial verse.