Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
Occasional verse, moral and sacred | ||
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ONE'S OWN THOUGHTS.
Tho' nor inclin'd, nor tutur'd to rebel,I must confess my fingers itch to tell
What thoughts I think, what notes my fancy sings,
When turn'd her eyes on cannibals or kings:
Yet this I will, for this I may and durst,
On oath declare, these last are oft the worst!
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