The Works of Peter Pindar [i.e. John Wolcot] ... With a Copious Index. To which is prefixed Some Account of his Life. In Four Volumes |
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 | The Works of Peter Pindar [i.e. John Wolcot] |  |
But as for av'rice, 'tis the very devil;
The fount, alas! of ev'ry evil;
The cancer of the heart—the worst of ills:
Wherever sown, luxuriantly it thrives;
No flow'r of virtue near it thrives:
Like aconite, where'er it spreads, it kills.
The fount, alas! of ev'ry evil;
The cancer of the heart—the worst of ills:
Wherever sown, luxuriantly it thrives;
No flow'r of virtue near it thrives:
Like aconite, where'er it spreads, it kills.
In ev'ry soil behold the poison spring!
Can taint the beggar, and infect the king.
The mighty Marlb'rough pilfer'd cloth and bread;
So says that gentle satirist 'squire Pope;
And Peterborough's earl upon this head,
Affords us little room to hope,
That what the Twitnam bard avow'd.
Might not be readily allow'd.
Can taint the beggar, and infect the king.
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So says that gentle satirist 'squire Pope;
And Peterborough's earl upon this head,
Affords us little room to hope,
That what the Twitnam bard avow'd.
Might not be readily allow'd.
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