The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop ... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare |
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EPIGRAM XLII.
[Would you rise in the state, you the state must oppose]
BREVIS ESSE LABORO.
Would you rise in the state, you the state must oppose,
At measures must fret, and at ministers foam;
As they double their offers, redouble your blows;
Turn your back on all terms, till it suits you to close;
And you'll certainly find, if you follow your nose,
That the farthest way round, is the shortest way home.
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