The Powers of the Pen A poem addressed to John Curre ... By E. Lloyd ... The second edition, with large additions |
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The Scope of Nature's Laws pursues,
The Shopman ev'ry now and then
Urg'd her to purchase Mason's Pen,
Till thus at length—“Sir, you'll agree,
“This Stump can serve no End with me;
“Servants to Lords have liv'd too well,
“With humble Cottagers to dwell.
“Quills us'd on Lordly Teeth to dine,
“Wou'd brook but ill to feed on mine—
“Too hot for Tooth pick this I hold,
“And for a Muse's Pen too cold.
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