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The Poetical Entertainer

Or, Tales, Satyrs, Dialogues, And Intrigues, &c. Serious and Comical. All digested into such Verse as most agreeable to the several Subjects. To be publish'd as often as occasion shall offer [by Edward Ward]

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Moral.

Thus modest Looks too often skreen
The Serpent Lust that lurks within.
But Time turns sinful Joys to Sadness.
And good Mens Sorrows into Gladness.