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A poem on Chaucer and his Writings

Written at the Request of the Lord Bishop of Rochester; and now Dedicated to His Lordship. By Mr. Dart

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This is my Wish, e'en in a dangerous Time;
But Gratitude can never be a Crime:
Enflam'd with this, I dare e'en thus appear,
Unknowing how to flatter, or to fear.