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An EPIGRAM.

[Great Homer's thunder, old Anacreon's wit]

Great Homer's thunder, old Anacreon's wit,
The Mantuan's blaze, and all that Plato writ,
With Horace, and a thousand worthies more,
Whose pens immortaliz'd the days of yore,
Had now—(be humble, Genius, and be wise,
Nor dare ev'n Folly's offspring to despise)
Had now—in dark oblivion lain asleep,
But for Wit's truest friends—the Goose and Sheep.
 

Alluding to the Goose furnishing Quills, and the Sheep Parchment.