The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop ... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare |
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EPIGRAM CIX.
[“Aye! Honesty's a jewel,” Richard cry'd]
SPLENDEAT USU.
“Aye! Honesty's a jewel,” Richard cry'd,
“That shines the clearer still, the more 'tis try'd.”
“True, Dick,” quoth Jeremy—“yourself may shew it,
“Your honesty's so clear—we all see through it.”
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