Oculus Britanniae An Heroi-Panegyrical poem on the University of Oxford. Illustrated with divers beautiful Similes, and useful Digressions [by Nicholas Amhurst] |
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From all surmises of corruption clear'd;
He to the press the deathless work convey'd,
By no base bribes, nor partial motives sway'd;
He scorn'd to vary from the written tale,
Nor could the hopes of bishopricks prevail:
Yet if the foe will still insult thy name,
And with black scandal strive to taint thy fame,
Soon shall he blush; for Hide's impartial ghost
Shall visit earth, to this defamer's cost,
And purge thy virtue, though the copy's lost.
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