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 LXXV.
[Tho' proportion so often in nature takes place]
PAR PARI.
Tho' proportion so often in nature takes place,
There's a general exception in one common case;
'Tis a feature of instinct, no power can efface:
There's a general exception in one common case;
'Tis a feature of instinct, no power can efface:
For the greatest of objects when action we try,
And the greatest of subjects, where speech we apply,
Is the smallest of letters—viz.—I, by't self, I.
And the greatest of subjects, where speech we apply,
Is the smallest of letters—viz.—I, by't self, I.
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