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EPIGRAM ON J.M.S. by ALEXANDER POPE

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First Line: TO PROVE HIMSELF NO PLAGIARY, MOORE
Last Line: WHO SHEW'D HIS BREECH, TO PROVE 'TWAS NOT BESH --
Subject(s): SMYTH, JAMES MOORE;
To prove himself no Plagiary, MOORE,
Has writ such stuff, as none e'er writ before.
Thy prudence, MOORE, is like that Irish Wit,
Who shew'd his breech, to prove 'twas not besh --



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