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The Powers of the Pen

A poem addressed to John Curre ... By E. Lloyd ... The second edition, with large additions

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Useless were Study, vain the Toil
Of Sages o'er the midnight oil,
Fruitless their labours to mankind,
The Harvest to themselves confin'd,
If Cadmus' Art did not transmit
Their Knowledge, and embalm their Wit.