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The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop

... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare

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EPIGRAM XIII.

[A needy curate has, (the jokers say,)]

STAT SUA CUIQUE DIES.

A needy curate has, (the jokers say,)
No chance to rise, before the judgment day.
That's a late day; but better late than never;
And late as that day is,—'twill last for ever!