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 CXX.
[Clodius, asham'd, as well he might]
CORRIGE SODES.
Clodius, asham'd, as well he might,
Of worthless life, and vicious taste,
Turns misanthrope at last for spite;
And hates the nature, he disgrac'd.
Of worthless life, and vicious taste,
Turns misanthrope at last for spite;
And hates the nature, he disgrac'd.
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The rank o'erflowings of the mind,
In venomous streams on paper fall;
Out comes a satire on mankind;
And all are fools, and wretches all.
In venomous streams on paper fall;
Out comes a satire on mankind;
And all are fools, and wretches all.
Yet let his trash unnotic'd lie;
We prove his doctrine, if we heed it;
'Twere double folly, should we buy,
And double misery, should we read it!
We prove his doctrine, if we heed it;
'Twere double folly, should we buy,
And double misery, should we read it!
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