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The Poems and Miscellaneous Compositions of Paul Whitehead

With Explanatory Notes on his Writings, and His life written by Captain Edward Thompson. With a Head of the Author, From a Painting by Mr. Gainsborough
  

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DEATH AND THE DOCTOR.

'Twixt Death and Schomberg, t'other day,
A contest did arise;
Death swore his prize he'd bear away;
The Doctor, Death defies.
Enrag'd to hear his pow'r defy'd,
Death drew his keenest dart;
But wond'ring saw it glance aside,
And miss the vital part.