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The Powers of the Pen

A poem addressed to John Curre ... By E. Lloyd ... The second edition, with large additions

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Such are the Quills which Thornton draws,
Gay Moralist, in Virtue's Cause;
Who, with the Feather of his Wit,
Anoints the Part that's Folly-bit,
And tickles while he probes the Wound,
Leaving us better than he found.