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Epigram After Having Seen Several Bad Paintings Of The Death Of Sir John Moore
by Thomas OldhamCease, daubers! profane not the theme, I implore ye!
But leave him, O leave him alone with his glory!
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Man's owl-eyed reason Popish Priests assert
Can't safely bear the gospel's heavenly light;
Therefore, with kindest zeal, they do their best
To keep their flocks in unillumined night.
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'The brokers of the Stock-Exchange
Are nicknamed bears and bulls; how strange!
What reason, Sir, to call them so?'
Ma'am, see their manners, you will know.