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The Poetical Works of Ebenezer Elliott

Edited by his Son Edwin Elliott ... A New and Revised Edition: Two Volumes
Elliott, Ebenezer (1781-1849)

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VOL. I.
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VOL. II.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
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RHYMED RAMBLES.
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Part First.
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Part Second.
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Part Third.
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LYRICS FOR MY DAUGHTERS.
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THE YEAR OF SEEDS.
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BALLADS.
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ETHELINE.
  
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EPIGRAM.

[Said Death to Pol Sly, “Put no rum in thy tea]

Said Death to Pol Sly, “Put no rum in thy tea,
Or die as thy mother died, aged twenty-three.”
Pol gave him an answer that struck the churl dumb,
“My mother, you know, put no tea in her rum.”
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