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sage, who said he should be proud Of windows in his breast, Because he ne'er a thought allow'd That might not be confest;

His window scrawl'd by every rake, His breast again would cover; And fairly bid the Devil take The diamond and the lover.

Satan taught, all conjurers know Your mistress in a glass to show, And you can do as much: In this the Devil and you agree: None e'er made verses worse than he, And thine I swear are such.

love is the Devil, I'll prove when requir’d; Those rhymers abundantly show it: They swear that they all by love are inspir'd, And the Devil's a damnable poet.

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