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Too courteous, perhaps, or obligingly flat;His very worst foe can't accuse him of that.Perhaps he confided in men as they go,And so was too foolishly honest; ah, no.Then what was his failing? come tell it, and burn ye,He was, could he help it? a special attorney.
Here Reynolds is laid, and to tell you my mind,He has not left a better or wiser behind;His pencil was striking, resistless and grand,His manners were gentle, complying and bland;Still born to improve us in every part,His pencil our faces, his manners our heart:

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