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The Poems of John Byrom

Edited by Adolphus William Ward

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Procrastination.

If Gold be offer'd thee, thou dost not say,
“To-morrow I will take it, not To-day.”
Salvation offer'd, why art thou so cool,
To let thyself become To-morrow's Fool?