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The Character of a Covetous Citizen

or, A Ready Way to get Riches. A Poem [by Edward Ward]
Ward, Edward (1667-1731)

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THE Character of a Covetous Citizen.
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CANTO I.
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CANTO II.
  
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CANTO III.
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CANTO IV.

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So Fortune's Minions from a low degree,
Climb the top Branches of her golden Tree;
There cull the precious Fruit, and with disdain,
Behold th'unlucky Gape below in vain.
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