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The Poetical Entertainer

Or, Tales, Satyrs, Dialogues, And Intrigues, &c. Serious and Comical. All digested into such Verse as most agreeable to the several Subjects. To be publish'd as often as occasion shall offer [by Edward Ward]

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Moral.

The guiltless, by Mistake, sometimes
Incur the blame of others Crimes,
And guilty Persons oft prevent
Their open Shame and Punishment.