 | The Distressed Poet |  |
Close to that venerable Hall,
Where suitors loud for justice call,
Which in old times old Rufus built,
A theatre for Truth and Guilt
Whereon Contention's scenes to draw,
And the dull pantomime of law,
Stood the well-noted habitation
Of this great Queen of Plots, Vexation.
Where suitors loud for justice call,
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A theatre for Truth and Guilt
Whereon Contention's scenes to draw,
And the dull pantomime of law,
Stood the well-noted habitation
Of this great Queen of Plots, Vexation.
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