The Shamrock or, Hibernian Cresses. A Collection of Poems, Songs, Epigrams, &c. Latin as well as English, The Original Production of Ireland. To which are subjoined thoughts on the prevailing system of school education, respecting young ladies as well as gentlemen: with practical proposals for a reformation [by Samuel Whyte] |
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REBUS III.
Take the Name of a River, in Story well known,Where the Eagles of Rome oft in Triumph have flown;
The Half and the Whole of a Thing that Men say,
When they speak with Intent to deceive, or betray;
A Spot, whence the Eye may at Pleasure command
The Country beneath, and the neighbouring Land;
A Letter, or Word, for 'tis both, or 'tis either,
That's fairly worth most of the Rest put together;
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In Language more common, three Fourths of a Yard:
These, added, will give you the Name I require;
A Girl, whom even Malice is forc'd to admire;
Whose Worth should I praise, I must praise it so high,
That all, who don't know her, would think 'twere a Lye;
And whose Eyes—But, stop there, you poetical Tribe;
Their Power you may feel, but you cannot describe.
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