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Occasional verse, moral and sacred

Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet]

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Reflection on the foregoing.

WHO only asks for what is Heaven's high will,
May still persist, and be regarded still:
Since, after all, be it to monarchs known,
'Tis not their will, but his, that shall be done.