The Powers of the Pen A poem addressed to John Curre ... By E. Lloyd ... The second edition, with large additions |
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And give plain Sense instead of Wit;
When the proud Thane, on Faction's Throne,
Acted, as England were his own,
Put in, put out, set up, pull'd down,
And govern'd all Things, but the Crown;
To high Appointments Men preferr'd,
That wou'd in Peter's Chair have err'd;
Plann'd Schemes, which (let them have their Due)
No Adversaries had but Two,
Two Triflers, which opposing stood,
Call'd Virtue, and the Public Good.
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