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LINES ON FERGUSSON
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Ill-fated genius! Heaven-taught Fergusson!What heart that feels, and will not yield a tear
To think Life's sun did set, e'er well begun
To shed its influence on thy bright career!
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O, why should truest Worth and Genius pineBeneath the iron grasp of Want and Woe,
While titled knaves and idiot-greatness shine
In all the splendour Fortune can bestow?
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