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The press, or literary chit-chat

A Satire [by J. H. Reynolds]
Reynolds, John Hamilton (1794-1852)

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THE PRESS.
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I.

Men oft have fancies vague and wild,
And love them as a fav'rite child;
Sir Thomas thus, in days of yore,
Raved wisely of a fancied shore,
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Where laws and manners past a joke
Ruled, he affirms, the docile folk.
Now pray not at my fancy smile,
If, like Sir Thomas, I've an isle;
Why should not Jocus as Sir Thomas
Create a realm and people rum as?
Aid me, ye gods and little fishes,
To versify up to my wishes!
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