Flosculum Poeticum Poems Divine and Humane, Panegyrical, Satyrical, Ironical. By P. K. [i.e. Peter Ker] |
To a great Oppressour. |
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To a great Oppressour.
Prov. 22. 16.
He that Oppresseth the Poor to increase his Riches, and he that giveth to the Rich, shall surely come to want.
If I should a METEMYU/XWSIS hold,
(As did Pithagoras) I likewise would
(By Consequence) affirm, and prove it too:
That Nero's Ghost inhabited in you.
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That he was good in his Quinquennium.
But you are Ill, and ever have been so,
A Basilisk when in your Embrio.
Poor Men, and Beggars, you may freely kill;
Because you make as many as you will.
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