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To the Memory of W. D. Esq
Interr'd beneath lies one, who never bow'dThe knee to Baal; amongst an erring croud,
Upright, and pure in every word and thing,
He fear'd his God, and honoured his king;
Gen'rous and just, regardful of the poor,
Too wise to wed, too tender to abjure;
Reader, if thou would'st lead his happy life,
Beware, like him, take neither oath nor wife.
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