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MEMNON.

Memnon has Knowledge, Breeding, Wit, Good Nature,
In Conversation's a delightful Creature;

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But he is un-ambitious, and retir'd,
Nor will use Arts to get himself admir'd.
'Tis for this Reason only, he's not fam'd,
And by the Wits that know him, rarely nam'd:
For Wits, like Beaus, will no Acquaintance own,
But with the publick Toasts of all the Town.