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Here, here, oh here
CE,    Here was she slaine;
Her soule 'still'd through a veine:    The gods knew

To the Priest, on Observing how most Men mistake their own Talents When beasts could speak (the learned say, They still can do so ev'ry day), It seems, they had religion then, As much as now we find in men
It happen'd, when a plague broke out...

The parents of the learned child (His father and his mother) Were utterly aghast to note The facts he would at random quote On creatures curious, rare, and wild;
And wondering, ask each other: "An idle little child like this,
How is...