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37. An Epigram, that should have been inserted, into a Book of the Authors, called Advice to Balaams Asse: under the Emblem of a Dog, barking at the Moon.
When Phœbe's Glory, the Curre did espy;He flash'd out Lightning from a Threatning Eye.
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People kick him, while they admire the Moon.
Just so our Momus, snarls at Osborns Prayse:
'Cause his own Merits cannot reach the Bayes.
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