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Occasional verse, moral and sacred

Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet]

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REPROACH,

AN EPIGRAM.

Let lying Fame her blasting trumpet blow;
If I no evil nor occasion know,
'Tis but a blast to blow me to that shore,
Where Scandal's breath shall sound her trump no more.