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Occasional verse, moral and sacred

Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet]
Perronet, Edward (1721-1792)

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EVERY EFFECT CONGENIAL WITH ITS CAUSE,

AN EPIGRAM.

Who sows would reap, and reason that he shou'd,
But why complain the product is not good?
Would you have grapes from thorny briars spring,
Or balmy figs from off the thistle's sting?
Oh! blame not those, 'tis Nature's beaten road:
But blame the Reaper for the seed he sow'd.
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