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ON SEEING ON THE SAME BOOKSHELF JOHNSON'S LIVES OF THE POETS ... by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON

First Line: SEE BRITISH BARDS AND BRITISH CUT-THROATS MADE
Last Line: DRYDEN ON WINGS OR TURPIN ON A HACK!
Subject(s): AUTHORS & AUTHORSHIP; BOOKS; READING;

SEE British bards and British cut-throats made
Alike immortal by a Johnson's aid!
The neck with hemp, the brow with laurel bound,
The pen, the pistol, equally renown'd
Fame's temple reaching by a different track,
Dryden on wings or Turpin on a hack!



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