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The great fault of this piece, written by Dr. Parnell, is, that it is in eight fyllable lines, very improper for the folemnity of the fubject; otherwise, the poem is natural, and the reflections just.

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Y the blue taper's trembling light
No more I waste the wakeful night,

Intent with endless view to pore

The fchoolmen and the fages o'er:
Their books from wisdom widely ftray,

Or point,

VOL. II.

at beft, the longest way.
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