Familiar letters and poems on several occasions By Mary Masters |
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An EPIGRAM on a Person who constantly drinks a Dram when he goes to Prayers.
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An EPIGRAM on a Person who constantly drinks a Dram when he goes to Prayers.
In all religious Duties we want Aid,And for our help religious Books were made;
Whose sacred Leaves with useful Precepts fraught,
Were once, by all, the best Assistants thought:
But be it spoke to Tom's immortal Praise,
Tom without Books his Piety can raise;
He gravely thinks 'tis much a better Way,
To take a hearty Dram before we pray.
If his Addresses he in Public makes,
A glowing Dose he, never-failing takes;
If to his private Closet he retires,
The friendly Juice his fervent Zeal inspires;
'Tis wisely done, for who dare be so bold,
To say that Tom is in Devotion cold.
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