<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=537776" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>On the Burning of Lord Mansfield's Library</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">On the Burning of Lord Mansfield's Library, Together with his MSS. by the Mob, in the Month of June 1780.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>So then - the Vandals of our isle, <br>Sworn foes to sense and law,<br>Have burnt to dust a nobler pile<br>Than ever Roman saw!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And Murray sighs o'er Pope and Swift,<br>And many a treasure more,<br>The well-judged purchase and the gift <br>That graced his lettered store.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Their<br>pages mangled, burnt, and torn,<br>The loss was <br>his alone;</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But ages yet to come shall mourn<br>The burning of <br>his own.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Cowper">William Cowper</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=537776" data-title="On the Burning of Lord Mansfield's Library de William Cowper" data-description="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'..."></div> </div> </div>

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