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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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A SERIOUS REFLECTION.
  
  
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A SERIOUS REFLECTION.

How useless was th' above! each person grieves,
And, with the grieving doctor, cries out shame,
That so much loyal zeal for nought should flame,
Not ev'n obtain a pair of coarse lawn sleeves,
Which poor Saint David giveth to support
The holy oil-of-fool men of a court.