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Occasional verse, moral and sacred

Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet]

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THE HONEST MAN.

Who kindly thinks, and, as he thinks, he speaks;
And pass'd his word, his promise never breaks:
[illeg.] to discern, as plainly can reprove,
And if deceiv'd, is but deceiv'd from love.