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EPITAPH

For the GRAVE of the

SLAIN GOLIAH,

After the Manner of the famous Poets,

STERNHOLD and HOPKINS.

I.

HERE lies the once malicious Head
Of M-y's ancient Hall;

His lying quirks and quiddities
Now perished are all.

II.

He liv'd to fee the joyful day
Of praying youths expell'd,
The wicked wight and infidel
Encourag'd and upheld.

III.

His plodding head, and eke his band,

The mighty work purfu'd:

His heart as hard as flinty ftone;
He never for it rued.

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IV. Till

IV.

Till PIETAS of Oxford came,
Well fkill'd in college art,
Attack'd the fam'd St. Mary's Head,
And broke his mortal heart.

V.

GOLIAH's dropt! Here let him lie,
And no more rife again;

The ftripling's ftone, from fatal fling,
Hath reach'd the Doctor's brain.

FINI S.

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