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A book for boys and girls

or, Country Rhimes for Children. By J. B. [John Bunyan]

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Comparison.

This Post-boy in this haste an Emblem is,
Of those that are set out for lasting Bliss.
Nor Posts that glide the road from day to day,
Have so much business, nor concerns as they.
Make clear the road then, Post-boy sound thy horn,
Miscarry here, and better n'ere been born.