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EPIGRAM ON THE HERMITAGE AT RICHMOND by JONATHAN SWIFT

First Line: HER MAJESTY NEVER SHALL BE MY EXALTER
Last Line: AND YET SHE WOULD RAISE ME, I KNOW -- BY A HALTER.

Her Majesty never shall be my exalter,
And yet she would raise me, I know -- by a halter.



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