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Fragments of an Ode on Punning

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Fragments of an Ode on Punning (1785?) (1780)
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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465417Fragments of an Ode on Punning (1785?)1780Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Spelling, Avaunt!—whether in Dilworth's Chair
With sceptral Birch &c—
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Let no Man's Birth nor Birth-place give him shame!
Let no Man of the dullest Boy despair!
Since Fox's fiery Soul from HOLLAND came;
And Sheridan himself was under Par!
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This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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