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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 CXXX.

[Mankind, tho' satirists with jobations weary us]

CORRIGE SODES.

Mankind, tho' satirists with jobations weary us,
Has only two weak parts, if fairly reckon'd;
The first of which, is trifling with things serious;
And seriousness in trifles, is the second:—
Remove these little rubs, whoe'er knows how,
And fools will be as scarce—as wise men now!