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7 By one 7 brave 7 | stroke 77 to | mark all | human kind, 7 |

Call'd clear 7 | blank 7 | paper | every | infant | mind; 7| |

Where 7 | still, | 7 as | opening | sense 7|7 hér | dictates | wrote, 7 |

Fair 7 | Virtue | put a | seal, 7 |.7 or | Vice, 7 | 7 a | blot. 7| | |

7 The thought was happy, | pertinent and | true!

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7 Me | thinks a genius | 7 might the | plan pur | sue. 7 | |

17 | 7 (can you | pardon my pre | sumption?)| |I, 71

No 7 wit, 7 no 7 | genius, | yet for | once, 7 | 7 will try. 7 | | |

Various the paper | various | wants pro | duce: 7 | |

7 The wants of | fashion, | elegance | 7 and | use. 7 | | |

Men 7 | 7 are as | various; | 7 and if | right I | scan,

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Each 7 | sort of | paper | | repre | sents | some | man. 7 | |

Pray 7 | note the | fop; 7|| half 7 | powder | 7 and | half 7 | lace! 7| |

Nice as a bandbox | 7 were | his | dwelling | place. 7│ │ │

He's the gilt 7 | paper, 7 which a | part you

store, 7 |

7 And | lock from | vulgar | hands 7 | 7 in the scru toire. 7 | | |

7 Mechanics, | servants, | farmers, 7 and | so forth,

7 Are copy paper, | 7 of in | ferior | worth; 7 | | more 7 | useful; | 7 for

Less 7 prized; 7 |
desk de creed; 7 |

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Free to all 7 | pens, 7|7 and | prompt at | every | need. 7|||

7 The wretch 7 | 7 whom | avarice | | bids to | | | pinch and spare, 7|

| Starve, 7 | cheat 7 | 7 and | pilfer, | 7 to en | rich an heir, 7 |

7 Is coarse 7 | brown 7 | paper; | | such as | pedlars choose 7 |

To wrap up | wares 77 which | better | men 7 | 7 will | use.

Take 7 next 7 7 the | miser's contrast; | 7 who destroys 7 |

Health, 7 | fame and | fortune | 7 in a | round of | joys. 7

7 Will | any | paper | match 7 | him? 7! | Yes, | 7 through | out; 7||

He's a true sinking | paper, | | past 7 | all 7 | doubt. 7| | |

7 The | retail | poli | tician's | anxious | thought 71

Deems

this side | always' | right, 7 | 7 and | that 7 stark 7 nought: 7|

He foams with | censure; 7 with applause he

| raves; 7 |

A dupe to rumours, |

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and a tool to | knaves;

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He'll 7 | want 7 | no 7 | type 7 | his weakness | 7 to pro | claim, 7 |

7 While | such a thing as | fools-cap | 7 has a name. 7 | |

7 The hasty gentleman, | 7 whose | blood runs | high; 7]

7 Who | picks a | quarrel | 7 if you | step a | wry;

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7 Who | can't a | jest, 7|7 a | hint, 77 or | look en dure! 7 |

| What is he? 7 | What! 7|| Touch-paper | 7
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to be sure. 7|||

What are our poets? | | Take them | 7 as they | fall 7 |

Good, bad, 7 | rich, 7 | poor; 7 | much read; | not read at all! 7 | |

Them 7 | 7 and their works 7 | 7 in the same 7 | class 7 | 7 you'll 7 | find: 7 |

They are the mere | waste-paper | 7 of man | kind. 7| | |

7 Observe the | maiden, | | innocently | sweet! སྭཱ།

She's 7 fair 7 | white 7 | paper! | 7 an un | sullied sheet; 7 |

7 On | which 7 | 7 the | happy | man 7|7 whom

fate ordains 7 |

7 May | write his | name, 7 | 7 and | take her for his

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One 7 | instance | more, 7|7 and | only | one 7 | 7 I'll bring! 71

'Tis the great 7 | man 77 who | scorns a little | thing; 7||

7 Whose | thought, 7|7 whose | deeds, 7 | 7 whose | maxims 7 are his own; 7 |

| Form'd on the | feelings | 7 of his | heart a | lone. 7 | | |

True, 7| genuine, | royal | paper, | 7 is | his 7 | breast, 7 | |

7 Of | all the | kinds 7 | | most 7 | precious, | | purest, | | best! 7]

ALEXANDER'S FEAST.

DRYDEN.

'Twas at the royal | feast 77 for | Persia | won 7 |

7 By | Philip's | warlike | son: 7 |
7 A loft, in | awful | state, 7 |
7 The godlike hero | sat 7 |
On his imperial | throne; 7| |

7 His | valiant | peers 7 | 7 were | plac'd a | round; 71

7 Their | brows 7 | 7 with | roses | 7 and with | myrtle bound: 7 ||

So should desert in | arms be | crown'd. 7 |

7 The lovely | Thais, 7 by his | side, 7 | |

Sat like a blooming | eastern | bride, 77 |

7 In flower of youth, 77 and | beauty's | pride.

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Happy,

happy, | | happy | pair! | | |

None but the brave, 7 | | none but the | brave, 7 | | none | but the | brave 77 de | serves the | fair! 7 | | |

7 Ti | motheus, | plac'd on | high 7 |

7 Amid the tuneful | quire; 7 |

7 With | flying | finger's | touch'd the lyre: 7

7 The trembling | notes 77 as | cend the sky, 71

7 And | heavenly | joys in | spire. 7| | | 7 The song 7 | 7 be | gan from | Jove! 7 | | Who left his | blissful | seats a | bove 7 | | Such is the power of | mighty | love! 7| | | 7A | dragon's | fiery | form 7 | 7 be | ly'd the | God: 711

Sub | lime, 7 | 7 on | radiant | spires, 77 he | rode, 7 | |

When he to fair O | lympia | press'd; 7 |

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7 And, while he sought
sought her snowy [
breast, 7 |

7 A | round her | slender | waist 7 | 7 he |
curl'd, 7 |

7 And | stamp'd 7 | 7 an | image of him | self, 7 | |

7a | sovereign | 7 of the world! 7| | |

7 The listening | crowd 77 admire the | lofty sound, 7 ||

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