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The Works of Peter Pindar [i.e. John Wolcot]

... With a Copious Index. To which is prefixed Some Account of his Life. In Four Volumes

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Quoth Tom again—the modern poet sings
Of sweet, good-natur'd inoffensive kings;
Who, by a miracle, escap'd with life—
Escap'd a damsel's most tremendous knife;
A knife that had been taught, by toil and art,
To pierce the bowels of a pie or tart.