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The SINCERE FRIEND.

An Epigram.

Erasmus vows, he's much my Friend,
And to convince me of it better,
Each Post some good Advice he'll send,
In smooth and well-concerted Letter.

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'Tis wond'rous kind! I needs must own,
But why to me this sudden Favour?
Dean Swift, long since, told all the Town,
Erasmus was a cunning Shaver.
 

Vid. Imitation of Horace, address'd to Lord Oxford in 1713.