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 CCLVII.
[In ten long columns of debate]
Καλα πεφανται.
In ten long columns of debate,
The morning paper shows,
What toilsome zeal for Britain's state,
Our senators disclose!
The morning paper shows,
What toilsome zeal for Britain's state,
Our senators disclose!
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Well as this looks, you must confess,
'Twere better ten to one,
Did three short lines at last express,
What good the rest have done!
'Twere better ten to one,
Did three short lines at last express,
What good the rest have done!
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