The latter relied on Pinkney's poem, "A Health", to publicly woo Sarah Helen Whitman at a lecture in December 1848.
ðə lˈæɾɚ ɹᵻlˈaɪd ˌɔn pˈɪŋkniz pˈoʊᵻm, "ɐ hˈɛlθ", tə pˈʌblɪkli wˈuː sˈɛɹə hˈɛlən wˈɪtmən æɾə lˈɛktʃɚɹ ɪn dᵻsˈɛmbɚ wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi ˈeɪt.