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EPIGRAM CLVII.

[Tim Crab's admonitions run all in one tone,—]

MUTATIS MUTANDIS.

Tim Crab's admonitions run all in one tone,—
Do this, fool!—say that, fool!—let that, fool, alone!—
Prithee, Tim, change your style, if you wish to cajole;
I can bear with the censure, but hate the controul:

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Call me fool among fools, and I'll never say nay—
But let me, dear Crab, be a fool—my own way!