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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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SCENE I.
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VERSES ON OCCASIONAL SUBJECTS.
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VOL. II.

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EPIGRAM XLVI.

[Now with longs, and with shorts, all our heads are so full]

BREVIS ESSE LABORO.

Now with longs, and with shorts, all our heads are so full,
I tell you an English grammatical bull:
Compare the word “short,” and you'll find it confest,
That “shorter” is longer, and “shortest” longest.
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