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... he says , But touch me , and no Minister so sore : Whoe'er offends , at some unlucky time Slides into verse and hitches in a rhyme , Sacred to ridicule his whole life long , And the sad burthen of some merry song .
... he says , But touch me , and no Minister so sore : Whoe'er offends , at some unlucky time Slides into verse and hitches in a rhyme , Sacred to ridicule his whole life long , And the sad burthen of some merry song .
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