Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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NOBODY AT HOME,
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NOBODY AT HOME,
AN EPIGRAM.
Pray, who lives here? what nobody within?“No one but me,” And what's your name, pray? “Sin.”
Heav'n bless my eyes! what can't you live alone?
Why yes, I've Conscience; he's the only only one:
And he's enough, if you don't make a stir.”
Lo! Conscience—you, hallo! “O pray, good Sir;
Pray do not wake him, for I dread the end;
He'll turn me off, and I shall lose a friend.”
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