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Epitaph on an Honest Poor Farmer.
Let not the Great indulge a scornful Frown,When told—“Here lies, what was, an honest Clown:”
Tho' humble, yet his Pride was often seen;
He scorn'd, tho' low, to stoop to what was mean:
To Virtue if Reward above be given,
This Clown on Earth, Ennobled is in Heaven.
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