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Poems on Several Occasions

By J. Robertson

Robertson, J. (fl. 1770-1790)

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Epitaph on an Honest Poor Farmer.

Let not the Great indulge a scornful Frown,
When told—“Here lies, what was, an honest Clown:”
Tho' humble, yet his Pride was often seen;
He scorn'd, tho' low, to stoop to what was mean:
To Virtue if Reward above be given,
This Clown on Earth, Ennobled is in Heaven.