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MS-B.771.090
12 Sep 1771:1121 (1/28)
THE GENUINE ENGLISHMAN. A familiar Epistle.
Tho' skill'd in Greek and Latin tongue,
Which verse is short, and which is long;
An English heart and head I send,
Not as a scholar, but a friend:
Here I could prove be wise example,
In works voluminous and ample,
That Homer taught in Heathen Greek,
The language which we learn to speak;
That old Anacreon catches sung
In tau's and delta's while but young:
That poets all, except the Dutch,
If Critics will allow 'em such,
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