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An Answer to a Rebus.

1 ALL topers are greatly attach'd to the glass,
2 And men are in general fond of a lass;
3 If the reader's an ass, 'tis more than I know,
4 Perhaps I'm another — we'll let it be so.

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Title (in Source Edition): An Answer to a Rebus.
Author: Anonymous
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Genres: answer/reply

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Young Lady, fl. 1790. Poems on Several Occasions. Dublin: W. Porter, 1790, p. 13. 14p. (ESTC T197405)

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