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EPIGRAMS

[Says John Bull, “tho' to aid this vile War I am loth]

Says John Bull, “tho' to aid this vile War I am loth,
They say 'tis my int'rest and principle both;
But of all I was worth by some fellows bereft
I have got neither Int'rest nor Principal left.”

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His Country, some would make't appear,
To every Englishman is dear,—
All to this truth must surely give in,
For 'tis indeed too dear to live in.