"But <i>souls</i> in <i>common</i> are a dreary waste, / By brambles, thistles, barb'rous docks disgrac'd; / That need the ploughshare, harrow, and the fire--"
A Lyric Epistle to Lord Macartney, Ambassador to the Court of China [from a Pair of Lyric Epistles to Lord Macartney]
At least 8 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1792, 1793, 1794, 1795).<br>
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<u>A Pair of Lyric Epistles to Lord Macartney and His Ship. By Peter Pindar, Esq.</u> (London: Printed for H. D. Symonds, No 20, Paternoster-Row, 1792). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T9394">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from <u>The Works of Peter Pindar</u>, 4 vols. (London: Printed for Walker and Edwards, 1816).