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To Gripe.
Gripe to me all when he is dead wil give,Wil part with nothing whilst he is alive:
What thanks is that to gape for dead mens shoos?
To give them only when you cannot chuse?
Give now; 'tis left then 'gainst your wil I know:
It is twice giv'n, what living we bestow.
He leavs a good name who givs whilst he livs,
And only carries with him what he givs.
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