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Peter Faultless to his brother Simon

tales of night, in rhyme, and other poems. By the author of Night [i.e. Ebenezer Elliott]
Elliott, Ebenezer (1781-1849)

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EXTEMPORE LINES.

John, who ne'er blush'd, is chaste, tho' rarely civil,
While blushing Bill's queer tricks would shame the devil;
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But Hal alone is, in the genuine sense,
A specimen of fossil impudence,
Worthy of everlasting preservation,
To edify each future generation.
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