The Works of the Late Aaron Hill ... In Four Volumes. Consisting of Letters on Various Subjects, And of Original Poems, Moral and Facetious. With An Essay on the Art of Acting |
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EPIGRAM.
In antient times, when honour bore the bell,
And people blush'd not, at their doing well;
Where, crush'd, beneath triumphant envy's weight,
The hand of valour wore the chain of state;
There did the daring muse devote her rhymes,
And grateful verse condemn'd ungrateful crimes.
And people blush'd not, at their doing well;
Where, crush'd, beneath triumphant envy's weight,
The hand of valour wore the chain of state;
There did the daring muse devote her rhymes,
And grateful verse condemn'd ungrateful crimes.
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But, in our more improv'd, and bart'ring days,
There's a price currant stampt on poet's praise;
The workman strikes but as his labour's paid,
And heroes rise and fall, like stocks in trade.
There's a price currant stampt on poet's praise;
The workman strikes but as his labour's paid,
And heroes rise and fall, like stocks in trade.
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