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IG.783.011
25 Jan 1783:41 (57)
(Lines composed for the News-Boys at Hartford, on the New-
Year, supposed to have been written by the author of
M'Fingal, [John Trumbull] which may be had at the Printing-
Office.)
In England, where the poets scribble,
And thrive on flattery and libel,
A chatt'ring, poor, poet parrot,
Deck'd with the lofty name of Laureat,
Is cull'd, and hired with sal'ry clear
Of one good hundred pounds a year,
On ev'ry New-Year's day to sing
So bright a Queen, so good a King;
. . . [56 more lines] Hartford, January 1, 1783.
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