Love
To P. P. being to run a Race after Dinner
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Love
SHarp Gormandizer! heavy-heel'd Racer! run
With nimble Chaps; and to supply them, eat
A hearty Meal with your defective Feet:
By this exchange the Race is eas'ly won.
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MLA
Goodall, Charles. “To P. P. being to run a Race after Dinner.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goodall/56/.
Chicago
Goodall, Charles. “To P. P. being to run a Race after Dinner.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goodall/56/.
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