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EPITAPH BY WILLIAM HAYLEY, Esq.
Bradford! thy early days, serenely fair,Promis'd a life exempt from pain, and care,
Thy piety, to friendship, seem'd to claim,
A guardian angel to protect thy frame;
Yet Death, who by a dark reluctant blow,
Laid all thy earthly expectations low,
Exclaim'd, as he destroy'd thy love-crown'd youth,
God , only God can recompense thy Truth .
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