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William Cowper - On the Burning of Lord Mansfield`s Library
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On the Burning of Lord Mansfield`s Library, Together with his MSS. by the Mob, in the Month of June 1780.

So then — the Vandals of our isle, 
Sworn foes to sense and law,
Have burnt to dust a nobler pile
Than ever Roman saw!

And Murray sighs o`er Pope and Swift,
And many a treasure more,
The well-judged purchase and the gift 
That graced his lettered store.

Their pages mangled, burnt, and torn,
The loss was his alone;
But ages yet to come shall mourn
The burning of his own.
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