Citation - Independent Gazeteer: 1782.12.21

IG.782.138
21 Dec 1782:31 (51)
Should Oswald's painters all my features trace, 
And shew me as I am in soul and face;
Among the vile and worthless of mankind, 
Without a spark of virtue in my mind, 
And write my name beneath, I would reply, 
The portrait, though a true one, told a lie.
Still shall my bagpipes of sedition play, 
And I, like other dogs, shall have my day;
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The horrors of our souls awhile to calm, 
Let me compose, and Duffield sing a psalm.