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GRATITUDE AND MERIT.
Merit and Gratitude, they say,
Met at a court the other day:
“The mitre, Gratitude, says Merit;
“The vacant mitre, who must wear it?”
Strait Gratitude, a royal dame,
Her finger fix'd on A---gh's name:
Met at a court the other day:
“The mitre, Gratitude, says Merit;
“The vacant mitre, who must wear it?”
Strait Gratitude, a royal dame,
Her finger fix'd on A---gh's name:
Bright Merit smiling, said, with thee
'Tis virtue always to agree:
But were I granted my desire,
Thou know'st that I shou'd fix on Squire.
'Tis virtue always to agree:
But were I granted my desire,
Thou know'st that I shou'd fix on Squire.
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