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Oculus Britanniae

An Heroi-Panegyrical poem on the University of Oxford. Illustrated with divers beautiful Similes, and useful Digressions [by Nicholas Amhurst]
 
 

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Here Guibbons late, with Æsculapian skill,
Preserv'd more lives, than modern empericks kill,
Friend to mankind; and to his healing art
Join'd candour and benevolence of heart,
On health and learning still vouchsafes to smile,
And shines the great Machaon of our isle.