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  Improvement extends it's domain;

    The Shepherds of Britain deplore

  That the Coulter has furrow'd each plain,

    And their calling is needful no more.

  "Enclosing Land doubles its use;

    When cultur'd, the heath and the moor

  Will the Riches of Ceres produce,

    Yet feed as large flocks as before."

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  Such a lucrative maxim as this

    The Lords of the Land all pursue,

  For who such advantage wou'd miss?

    Self-int'rest we all keep in view.

  By it, they still more wealth amass,

    Who possess'd great abundance before;

  It gives pow'r to the Great, but alas!

    Still poorer it renders the Poor.

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  Taste spreads, her refinements around,

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