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A Collection of Original Poems
By Samuel Derrick
Derrick, Samuel (1724-1769)
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A Collection of Original Poems
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EPIGRAMMA OWENI translated.
Once
as a rat was Clotho poor,
His skill in physic gave the cure:
His med'cines drench the sick, while he
Pockets the rich gratuity:
What can be fairer pray than this?
Each heals in t'other what's amiss.
A Collection of Original Poems