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The works, in verse and prose, of William Shenstone, Esq

In two volumes. With Decorations. The fourth edition

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You, who can frame a tuneful song,
And hum it as you ride along;
And, trotting on the king's high-way,
Snatch from the hedge a sprig of bay;
Accept this verse, howe'er it flows,
From one that is your friend in prose.