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AN EPIGRAM by JONATHAN SWIFT

First Line: FRIEND RUNDLE FELL WITH GRIEVOUS BUMP
Last Line: WOULD NEEDS HAVE KEPT THEE FROM THE GROUND.

Friend Rundle fell with grievous bump,
Upon his reverential rump.
Poor rump, thou hadst been better sped,
Had thou been joined to Boulter's head.
A head so weighty and profound,
Would needs have kept thee from the ground.



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