The Powers of the Pen A poem addressed to John Curre ... By E. Lloyd ... The second edition, with large additions |
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More she deserves not, that at Rome,
When from the Gall impending Doom
Threaten'd the Capitol, her Clack
Defeated the deep-laid Attack,
Than that by her is rear'd the Quill
Of Pow'r the Thief of State to kill,
Treasons and Plots to undermine,
Boldly to strike the patriot Line,
And, as of old, to be the Health
And Saviour of the Common-wealth.
When from the Gall impending Doom
Threaten'd the Capitol, her Clack
Defeated the deep-laid Attack,
Than that by her is rear'd the Quill
Of Pow'r the Thief of State to kill,
Treasons and Plots to undermine,
Boldly to strike the patriot Line,
And, as of old, to be the Health
And Saviour of the Common-wealth.
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