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119

ON CRASSUS.

Don Crassus plum'd with Bacularian Pride,
A Cap, a Gown, and eke a Robe beside;
Pedantically saunters up and down,
To satisfy the misbelieving Town,
Proud of Himself—but prouder of his Gown.
And well he may so; for the dapper Fellow
Is but poor Fustian, tho' his Gown's Prunello!