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EPIGRAM.
Written in the Year 1720; on occasion of the Author's not being admitted into the South-Sea Subscription, while his Friends generally succeeded.
[Like Gideon's second Fleece, my luckless Lot]
Like Gideon's second Fleece, my luckless LotNo Moisture feeds; a parch'd unwater'd Spot;
On ev'ry Side the Dews around me lie,
While, in the midst, my little Wool is dry.
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