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Poem by Joseph Addison


To a Rogue


   [IMITATED FROM MARTIAL]

Thy beard and head are of a different dye:
Short of one foot, distorted in an eye:
With all these tokens of a knave complete,
Should’st thou be honest, thou ’rt a dev’lish cheat.



Joseph Addison


Joseph Addison's other poems:
  1. To Sir Godfrey Kneller, on his Picture of the King
  2. The Lord My Pasture Shall Prepare
  3. An Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
  4. A Song for St. Cecilia's Day, at Oxford
  5. To Mr. Dryden


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