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JINGLE by WILLIAM COWPER

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE LATE DR. JORTIN
Last Line: HAVE DONE INTO ENHLISH.
Subject(s): JORTIN, JOHN (1698-1770); TRANSLATING & INTERPRETING;

The late Dr. Jortin
Had the good fortune,
To write these verses
Upon tombs and hearses;
Which I, being jingleish,
Have done into Enhlish.



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