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The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop

... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare
Bishop, Samuel (1731-1795)

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VOL. I.
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ODES.
  
HYMN ON THE SPRING.
  
THE MAN OF TASTE:
  
THE PREACHER:
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THE FAIRY BENISON;
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THE FAIRY BENISON;
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VERSES ON OCCASIONAL SUBJECTS.
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VOL. II.

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EPIGRAM XXXI.

[French valets, in spite of all clamour, inherit]

QUÆRE PEREGRINUM.

French valets, in spite of all clamour, inherit
(Such merit as 'tis) one species of merit,
Exclusive of puff and parade:—
If you kick your man John, he'll return you a whirret;
You may break your own heart, e'er you break English spirit;
But a Frenchman's a slave ready made.
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