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Rh Cloſe, carver, by ſome well cut books,
 * Let a thin buſto tell,

In ſpite of plump and pamper’d looks,
 * How ſcantly ſenſe can dwell!

No epitaph of tedious length
 * Should overcharge the ſtone;

Since loftieſt verſe would loſe its ſtrength,
 * In mentioning his own.

At once! and not verboſely tame,
 * Some brave Laconic pen

Should ſmartly touch his ample name,
 * In form of—O rare Ben!