The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop ... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare |
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EPIGRAM CLXXV.
[To bounce more boldly and look bigger]
NE PLUS ULTRA.
To bounce more boldly and look bigger,
Tho' rhetoric muster every figure,
Tho' party blow up all her flame,
Tho' zeal with all her lungs declaim,
Two little words may pop in pat,
To lay this dreadful battery flat;
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