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EPIGRAM CLIV.
[A Coward's heart, in common speech, is]
MUTATIS MUTANDIS.
A Coward's heart, in common speech, is
Oft said to sink into his breeches;
Hence fashionable prigs, in hope
To give their sinking hearts more scope,
(While up their sides, in lieu of stays,
Their breeches to their ribs they raise,)
Have instinct's wise precaution chose,
And sunk them downwards to their toes!
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