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POETICAL ESSAY

ON THE

EXISTING STATE OF THINGS.

AND FAMINE AT HER BIDDING WASTED WIDE
THE WRETCHED LAND, TILL, IN THE PUBLIC WAY
PROMISCUOUS WHERE THE DEAD AND DYING LAY,
DOGS FED ON HUMAN BONES IN THE OPEN LIGHT OF DAY
Curse of Kehama.

BY A
GENTLEMAN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD,
FOR ASSISTING TO MAINTAIN IN PRISON
MR. PETER FINNERTY,
IMPRISONED FOR A LIBEL.

LONDON:
SOLD BY B. CROSBY AND CO.
AND ALL OTHER BOOKSELLERS.

1811.