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Poems on Several Occasions

In Two Volumes. By Mr. Joseph Mitchell
(1684-1738)

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Now, not for Government of Ducks he sues,—
A muddy Province! and below the Muse!
Poets are born for Feeders of Mankind,
And Place is best, proportion'd to the Mind.
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