Poems on several subjects

Nicol, Alexander

TO THE HONOURABLE JAMES HALYBURTON of Pitcur, Esq; Member of Parliament of Orkney and Shetland, and Colonel of the Third Regiment of Foot-Guards, &c.

PREFACE.

To the Author, on his Collection of Miscellany Poems.

NATURE without ART.

II.

NATURE without ART.

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The MORAL.

Some are so bad they will not stand
E'en the most innocent to brand;
And when themselves are guilty found,
Their neighbours they will also wound;
And all men credits that report
That tends towards their neighbour's hurt.

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The MORAL.