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Gray on Himself

by Thomas Gray

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Written in 1761, and Found in One of His Pocketbooks
Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune; He had not the method of making a fortune; Could love, and could hate, so was thought somewhat odd; No very great wit, he believed in a God. A place or a pension he did not desire, But left church and state to Charles Townshend and Squire.

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