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Had not this merry Sickness of the Head,
This Plague in Fashion o'er the Nation spread,
Proud of her Sons, Britannia might have seen
Vast Numbers more of great and generous Men.
She had not lost a Senator in M---l,
Nor a fine Scholar in the hopeful B---l:
Now, since his foolish Rhymes, both Friends and Foes
Conclude they know, who did not write his Prose.
This Plague in Fashion o'er the Nation spread,
Proud of her Sons, Britannia might have seen
Vast Numbers more of great and generous Men.
She had not lost a Senator in M---l,
Nor a fine Scholar in the hopeful B---l:
Now, since his foolish Rhymes, both Friends and Foes
Conclude they know, who did not write his Prose.
| A Collection of Poems on Various Subjects | |