William Diaper Poems

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A Letter From A Gentleman In Lincolnshire To His Friend

SIR
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Happy are you that breath [illeg.] Air,
And drink of rapid Streams as Cristal clear;
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I sing the Natives of the boundless Main,
And tell what Kinds the wat'ry Depths contain.
Thou, Mighty Prince, whom farthest Shores obey,
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Thus have I sung, how scaly Nations rove,
What Food they seek, what Pastures they approve;
How all the busy Wantons of the Seas
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4.
To Mr. Congreve

As Merchants whose sunk Trade, and ebbing Stocks
Fear every Storm, and dread the lurking Rocks,
Above her real Worth their Bark ensure,
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