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First Line: Shall royal praise be rhym'd by such a ribald
Last Line: Oh! Save the salary, and drink the sack!
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


Shall Royal praise be rhym'd by such a ribald,
As fopling C--R, or Attorney T--D?
Let's rather wait one year for better luck;
One year may make a singing Swan of Duck.
Great G-- ! such servants since thou well can'st lack,
Oh! save the Salary, and drink the Sack!





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