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Let puny witlings jeer!<br> | Let puny witlings jeer!<br> | ||
Against that Peace-protecting Train<br> | Against that Peace-protecting Train<br> | ||
| − | Let Seward's nobler Sould disdain< | + | Let Seward's nobler Sould disdain<br> |
To point the Cynic Sneer!</p> | To point the Cynic Sneer!</p> | ||
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of delay to you on the Road, except the wise doctors of Oxford should sally forth to meet you (as they ought to do,) in their Holiday Habits, & insist on conferring academical Honours on the capital Poetess of our Country—
Your poetical Epistle to Mundy has many charming Passages, & would form a delightful & complete little Poem, if you would change a few sarcastic Notes, & be as candid to the sons of Themis, as you are liberal to the children of Apollo –
The Rustic Magistrate, & all
His Brethren of the Session's Hall
Let puny witlings jeer!
Against that Peace-protecting Train
Let Seward's nobler Sould disdain
To point the Cynic Sneer!