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Here lies the man who stripp'd Sin bare,And kept her lean, on hard-earn'd fare;
Who forced the poor at home to stay,
But rode to church on Sabbath-day;
And went to heav'n, the sinless say,
Because he bother'd God with prayer,
And would not let Him have his way.
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