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The press, or literary chit-chat

A Satire [by J. H. Reynolds]

Reynolds, John Hamilton (1794-1852)

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IV.

Oh! for a pen, like Scott's in quickness,
To fill a tome that may in thickness
Rival th' Excursion—then I might
Hope in fit stile my verse to write.
Alas! I dare not hope for such
A knack of writing quick and much.