The Powers of the Pen A poem addressed to John Curre ... By E. Lloyd ... The second edition, with large additions |
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A Thistle half-benumb'd shot forth;
And cherish'd by too warm a Sun
Grew rank with Richness, and begun
To spread its baneful Leaves abroad,
Shelt'ring the swol'n envenom'd Toad;
Forming a Brothel, to recruit
The Brood of Lizard, Adder, Newt;
For Viper, Spider, Eft and Worm,
To lay and hatch their loathsome Sperm,
For all the Vermin-train of Sin
To couple and engender in;
But mortal to each Egg and Seed,
Except the Caledonian Breed.
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