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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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World! stop thy mouth—I am resolv'd to rhime—
I cannot throw away a vein sublime:
If I may take the liberty to brag,
I cannot, like the fellow in the Bible,
Venting upon his master a rank libel,
Conceal my talent in a rag.
Kings must continue still to be my theme—
Eternally of kings I dream: