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send epistle to robert graha, esq, of ftry

5th october 1791

te crippl&039;d of an ar, and now a leg,

about to beg a pass for leave to beg;

dull, listless, teas&039;d, dejected, and deprest

(nature is adverse to a cripple&039;s rest);

will nero graha list to his poet&039;s wail?

(it othes poor isery, hearkeng to her tale)

and hear hi curse the light he first survey&039;d,

and doubly curse the ckless rhyg trade?

thou, nature! partial nature, i arraign;

of thy caprice aternal i p;

the lion and the bull thy care have found,

one shakes the forests, and one spurns the ground;

thou giv&039;st the ass his hide, the snail his shell;

th&039; enveno&039;d wasp, victorio, guards his cell;

thy ions kgs defend, ntrol, devour,

all th&039; onipotence of rule and power;

foxes and statesn subtile wiles ensure;

the cit and polecat stk, and are secure;

toads with their poin, doctors with their drug,

the priest and hedhog their robes, are snug;

ev&039;n silly woan has her warlike arts,

her tongue and eyes—her dreaded spear and darts

but oh! thou bitter step-other and hard,

to thy poor, fenceless, naked child—the bard!

a thg unteachable world&039;s skill,

and half an idiot too, ore helpless still:

no heels to bear hi fro the op&039;ng dun;

no cws to dig, his hated sight to shun;

no horns, but those by ckless hyn worn,

and those, as! not, aalthea&039;s horn:

no nerves olfact&039;ry, aon&039;s trty cur,

cd rich dulness&039; fortable fur;

naked feelg, and achg pride,

he bears th&039; unbroken bst fro ev&039;ry side:

vapyre booksellers dra hi to the heart,

and srpion critics cureless veno dart

critics—appall&039;d, i venture on the na;

those cut-throat bandits the paths of fa:

bloody dissectors, worse than t