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EPIGRAM CXXVI.

[Our travellers, who in Switzerland]

CORRIGE SODES.

Our travellers, who in Switzerland,
Thro' Basil's streets have past,
Assure us each church dial's hand,
Points just an hour too fast.

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Tho' told this error, all day long,
By every soul that views it,
'Tis Basil's fashion to be wrong;
All know it; and all choose it.
The fault, which thus amendment mocks,
Lies far below the steeple;
Whoever would set right the clocks,
Must first correct the people!