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Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets.
18801918.
Vol. III. The Eighteenth Century: Addison to Blake
Epigrams
By John Byrom (16921763)
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truths that nobody can miss
It is the
quid
that makes the
quis;
In such as lie more deeply hid
It is the
quis
that makes the
quid.
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God bless the KingI mean the faiths defender!
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God bless (no harm in blessing!) the Pretender!
But who pretender is, or who is king
God bless us all!that s quite another thing.
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