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Occasional verse, moral and sacred

Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet]
Perronet, Edward (1721-1792)

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THE QUESTION ANSWERED.

What is the Sea? A world of sporting fishes
And what's “the World? An o between two dishes.”
And what's a Dish, or what's a thousand score,
But like the Sea, when fill'd, will hold no more?
So Sea, World, Dish, howe'er replete with food,
Are still all empty of the only good.
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