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An Evening Contemplation in a College

Being a Parody on the Elegy in A Country Church-Yard. By another Gentleman of Cambridge [i.e. John Duncombe]

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Say, is the sword well suited to the band,
Does broider'd coat agree with sable gown,
Can Dresden's laces shade a churchman's hand,
Or Learning's vot'ries ape the beaux of town?