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Jonathan Swift Quotes: What poet would not grieve to see His brother write as well as he? But rather than they should excel, He'd wish his rivals all in Hell.
         

What poet would not grieve to see His brother write as well as he? But rather than they should excel, He'd wish his rivals all in Hell.


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