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EPIGRAM ON GEORGE I'S GIFT OF BOOKS TO CAMBRIDGE, by                    
First Line: King george observing, with judicious eyes
Last Line: How much that loyal body wanted learning.
Subject(s): Books; Cambridge University; George I, King Of England (1660-1727); Oxford University; Reading


King George, observing with judicious eyes
The state of both his Universities,
To Oxford sent a troop of horse; and why?
That learned body wanted loyalty.
To Cambridge books he sent, as well discerning
How much that loyal body wanted learning.






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