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EPIGRAM

AN APOLOGY FOR SPENCERS

Said William to Edmund I can't guess the reason Why Spencers abound in this bleak wintry season. Quoth Edmund to William, I perceive you're no Solon-- Men may purchase a half-coat when they cannot a whole-one. BRISTOLIENSIS.

March 21, 1796. First published in The Watchman, No. IV. March 25, 1796. First collected Poems, 1907.