Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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NO END OF MURMURING. |
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NO END OF MURMURING.
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Suppose, for once, you'd all you want,What wou'd you not want next?
For all the world would be too scant,
If we believe the text.
II
Nay—but if I had all I want,I could not wish for more:
Only let none my rights supplant,
Nor rob me of my store.
III
Why then you'd want, if nothing else,A thing you always will,
While Nature, with her flying sails,
Keeps turning round the mill.
IV
To end then all your wants in one,And never more complain,
Go, fetch content; and when that's done,
You'll never want again.
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