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 PREFACE. 
 
 THOUGH tlvc foHowmg: Poem bean in some 
 measure the tUle of a pit-ee of, ilie celebrated Falconer's, 
 I;^ by no means, pretend to give a histofv of a shipwreck: 
 equaJ lo^ him. He was bred to the sea from hi^ infancy, 
 and had studied the scientific part of sean.an-sh»p with 
 greali-are an^ ihdiwtry, and ha ;dl-pf;i5ibe| bis^ voyage in 
 such terms as will do honour to him, both a's a man and a 
 seaman, while a taste either for> science or tine poetuy 
 exists —For mypaVt IMiave no knotr!ed«je of the screiltfc, 
 nor even of the terms of seaman-ship,— I was bred to 
 ii«<»ther 4>r«)ressi6n, anrf in this instdiici hsltallr^ ofiiy -say j £ 
 have endeavoured to cloth facts in poetic languaj?e, being 
 determined to ailhere^p truth morealuii^- (<>, ^^', »b»W»»»»9?88 
 of versification, though at the same time 16 lose sight of the 
 common rules of HoetFy as seldjom as |)Qssi^e. , , 
 
 It was only by the soricitatiiVtrofa feW \Mends I was 
 induced to publish thp follow in* p{|em.^ I will not answer 
 foritsrterits. These' 1 -shall letw* ilte.' public at large to 
 iudge of. Every person is, in some degree, fond of his own 
 productions, and wa^s.Uo say less of myself, 1 would cer- 
 tainly be accused of the want of candour. I shall therefore 
 acknovtle(l.?e thr charge ; but s.ill should I be unsuccessful 
 in this attempt, I trust, I have as much modesty and good 
 sense,astoforbeartroubling,ihe world anymore with my 
 poetical effusions. 
 
 To a candid and generous poblic I, therefore, leave the 
 present small work ; thev are at liberty to make their cri- 
 ticisms and to make them' freely. I probably may protit 
 by them. I am not so old but I can profit by a good lci>son, 
 —and shall wisb the reader may be in some measure grati- 
 fied for the trouble he may take in the perusal. 
 
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 Quebec^ 21st JciDijary, 1814, 
 
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 TH E following Po^iti is inespectfully 
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 A E favonr'd nine who on Parnassus hill 
 Delh rule vuiir voi'rieR by your smc red willy, 
 |I j>r(»i*^<rate fall upon my bended knee, 
 I And crave one f&^nr vou'd bestow on me i . 
 
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 lOne clciim 1 have-^ if I am not mistaken, 
 [Btcause, by Forlun > I have befn forsaken— . 
 mie JHde Misfortune ever follows me« 
 f And frcHD her fangs I never can get free j 
 JB\i4 slid my spirit^ in unbroken tone. 
 Disdains her frowns and spprns hei- to begone. 
 
 When but »boy I on (he sea was oastv 
 GripM by Misfortune most severe ani> fust,* 
 
 ♦ It IS something remarkable thai ihe author, IliongH^et-; 
 dom at sea, has had the misfortune to be twite {oinpeiled 
 to bear the <leq(wni nation of a *' fast away "—The tirst time 
 tyas wlien he yv as a boy, of only 15 years of age. He wa*- 
 solicited by u gentleman to go on brjurc) a boat lo luke a 
 pleasure sail and was easily induced lo do s<»i There w ere;. 
 >jve persons onboard, and one of J hem pretended to tjiir 
 dersirtod the management of sv^uiW craft of this kind. Wl|(prt, 
 we had row eel out to sea^ abouMwomiles, we bent a S?»tlir, 
 and were to come into the liarbour, with a fine *vind ; bu|' 
 jalas ! il|^£ sail had no: been up moie than five minutes, wlie|». 
 
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 T4itiny,€fni\|i2iiMOQA sunk bepeaih 4hevWiiv 
 And fiHiiul a prenifiture, — a watery grave ; 
 I'hub h-avins: me upon an oar to ride, 
 Conii'nrtinj; with Iho storm, ihc uind :ind tide, 
 Rflipv'd at last I reacli'd my nJltive sliore, 
 Thanks to humanity and to the o;ir. 
 Short wavulaji! we inor tills sec in fate, . ,< 
 Nor knows oiirseUes iindr i1 is too late; ' * 
 1 then rcsolv'd that I no more should he 
 The spurt of fortune on the raginji; sea, 
 
 1 4tme know w4mt was reserved iajitor^ 
 
 For me to sulf'^r upon Labrador. 
 But know, kind reader, in Oitober last, 
 jI on that dismal (levari <'oas! was cast; 
 AloiTj; with hundferfs hxMind for 4^iiehec town, 
 A place of streiieMi and (mic of some renown^ 
 In Ausjubt Inst two hurtdi't'd men and nianf ? 
 Embark'd will) spintfrom the Iriijii show," 
 
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 swimming, amJ- his ideas were fresh in my^memory. I^ 
 Iheioforc, nj^reeahle to his directions, jumped into the' wa- 
 ter, and consequently fJriyed myself' from the pain which 
 one naturally feels on \n'iu^ titrowa into (hat cdld dement,. 
 1 swam fromtiie bo;5t towards ihe sea (for I could not at- 
 tempt the shore, as it was bold nnd rocky,) 1 knew I was 
 too weak to be of any use to my miserable fellow sufferers, 
 and 1 thouirhi Ishouldvby this means avoid the horrid sight 
 of seeinj:: them perish. 1 returned towards the boat about 
 1,5 minutes afterwards, and fhe first iWm^r £ s.^^ ^^j^g a boy, 
 younger than myself, lying on thesuvfrjce in the last agonies 
 of death : a sight shocking to me in the extreme, and one I 
 never shall forget. 1 then swam towards the boat, and 
 contrary to my expectation found the other three, who were' 
 all he;ivy men, clinging to her and by their weight turning 
 Kef round on the gun-wale. I swatn to the opposite end 
 and ^ucceed^d in stopping (he boat from her turning, and 
 dfrecied the men how to lay themselves on the ^tin-wale. 
 There they lay till cold and fatigue forced one after another 
 t6 (jrop into the deep to rise no more! Tlie last one who 
 snrvived, was the person who invited me on board. After 
 fayiiig into the water, he seized me by ttje skirt of the coat 
 
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 On board the Warrens, a most stately ship, 
 
 As e*er was laimcli'd from either dock or slip. 
 
 Of the Seven! ieth Roj^iment they fonnM a part. 
 
 Many were atllve, healthy, young and smart, 
 
 All stout and re^dy nrdcrs to ohi'y, 
 
 Or face iheir country's foes by ni^lit or day, 
 
 Commanded too by one who never lied 
 
 Or slunk from dangers on a downy bed, 
 
 But ready ever in hi* country's cause, 
 
 To risk his lift for her dear natrve laws. 
 
 The other Chiefs were men of proven merit, 
 
 J)islin«:uish'd by a noble manly spirit. 
 
 Thus one should think we were fro?n dangers free, 
 
 But dartgers come which none can e'er foresee j «. 
 
 This w IS the case with us that dismal night, 
 
 For all were happy, none were In a fright. • 
 
 For l^fjy days and something more we cross'd. 
 
 Along the ocean by the l«*mpesi tost. 
 
 Till we arriv'd upon Columbia's shore, 
 
 A place which few of u» had seen before. * 
 
 It would be dull, be ledious to relate 
 
 Each little siory of our dismal fate, 
 
 and tore me from the boar. I imagined h(* had done my 
 business; but 1 struggled hard and broiiglit him again to 
 the surface, and placed him in his former situation. There 
 he lay for nearly an hour, when his strength failed and he 
 dropt, leaving me alone, and there I was 'liil a boat coming 
 that way by accident relieved me from mv pt^rilous situa- 
 tion, and landed me safely at the liarbour.' By the time 1 
 came there, however, 1 was nearly in a state of insensibility. 
 I was carried to the first house on the shore, where every 
 thing was done which could be done by humanity for ray 
 restoration and comfort, and these endeavours were so suc- 
 cessful, that, though it was about 6 oVlock in the afternoon 
 that J was carried into this house, apparently iifeless, I 
 walked to my fathers house, a distance of more than half a 
 mile, the next morning by ten o'clock.— This accident hap- 
 pened sLi Arbroath, on the east coast of Scotland, and the 
 tounty of Forfar, beng the place of my nativity. Happy, 
 indeed, am I that the Labrador business was Dot so fatal 
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 Suffice U now my countrymtn to lell 
 
 Ko 8prio\i8 aecidcnl lo us hvfel. 
 
 Till in till* ftulpli wUiiU leads ta QueUec shore 
 
 A pilot came— wo Uioviglil oiii dangeru o'er j 
 
 He fcuve drrcclions to tlireo-tiiigerM Jackt 
 
 To keep Clic ship on t»uch mul such a tatk, 
 
 But Jac k more uise, borj- (<> <be starboiurd side, 
 
 Rf jfardless of reason or of wiotl or tide» 
 
 And on the Ivventy-fifih at one o'clock 
 
 Laid ship and us beside a sunken rook,}: 
 
 The sudden noi:i« below the vess^I'ii keel 
 
 Made all on boiird a sad seoHation feel, 
 
 Yet 1 shall ne'er forget how prudence wrought 
 
 And calinM the mind and social ordtrr bfouj^bt. 
 
 All rose with freedom and their cloalhes put on, 
 
 But none seem'd anxious that tbey sUoald begooe ; 
 
 + Three-fingcr'd Jack, the chief mate of the ship, — a very 
 Ussuming genJieman ; one who consirlered himself to be 
 always in the right, C happened (o be on the watch with 
 kirn the night the accident happened, nnd as he had before 
 •worshipped heartily at the shrine of fiacehus. I fornd it 
 almost impossible to avoid a serknis rupture with him. I, 
 however, did avoid it, afier bearing a very great deal of 
 iasolcnce, and gat down to bed, about twenty minutes 
 before the ship run aground. Morpheus had not then visited 
 me, and I felt the first stroke like electricity, and naturally 
 ffxclaim^'d, there is America now with a vengeance ! The 
 reason he was called Three-fingcred Jack, was on account 
 that he want'ed part of three fingers. Seamen and soldiers 
 both gave him this appellatiotu 
 
 J It was the most providen-lial thing I ever witnessed, to 
 9e<» the ship laid in the place where she was ; had she run 
 only 8 feet further, she would have bi'cn on a siink rock, 
 which most certainly would have heal in her bottom ai)d 
 in all probfibility would have been the c.iuse of ihedeath of 
 everv prr^on on board. Indeed, the place was completely 
 spotted wUh rocks of this kind, and it was next to a mi- 
 racle we escaped runniog foul of one or other of ihem. 
 
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 Then Samwn* came between lUe (ierka an<l 9ui«k 
 
 »* Yod know llic liiiip- wpwn tin? !*h«re in laid, 
 
 *• Bnl (ion'l dps|)««ii', fc Itopo ilie truth I tell, 
 
 ♦* When I pr<Mlift tli.il nil wilJ yt( be wellv 
 
 *' The 8liip is sournl hiu\ uliole in ev'17 fuitt, 
 
 ** And you miy rest JWHiirM ilwit cv'rv art 
 
 ** Will slili be us'd by thnne wh(» havi* t-ommund 
 
 " To l)rinii:you snfoly lo ilu« nearest land; 
 
 " And fjr tny part I pledge my honest woril 
 
 ** I sh ill all help within my pow'r afford — 
 
 •* I pledge mvhelf thai t Jjliail neVr setk free 
 
 •* 'Till on the Miore the last man landed be — 
 " But sill be oool, ob*?y those in command 
 
 ** And be as^ur'd you'll safely gel lolmd." 
 
 This leeluie wrous;ht like niajjic on theear» 
 
 And biinis^'d ev'ry thought of danj^erous fear, 
 
 Then all seomM anviuus U) display llieir skill 
 
 And nil wnre emulous to shew go«wl will 
 
 In helpinj^ others froin U»eir ilieaiy ^taic . • 
 
 Ere the reiurniujc, tide raide it (o<» Tate, •' 
 
 During the time thai Ph(\jbus h.id hi«! light 
 
 Anddarkt-n'd all liveJieniispiuTe with nighl 5 
 
 The mind was anxious Cor our future Qite ; : 
 
 But all with patience f»w the dawn did wait ' 
 
 'Till Phoebus darted o'er tlie eastern wave i 
 
 And she»v*d the spot where \vc our lives niisiht eave... 
 
 Twr thous;uid yards and even soijwthi ui^ more 
 
 Our ship was strrjndcd from Labra !or*i blioie; 
 
 Tiiis space was cover'd by the briny stM 
 
 And almost frigii<en'd hvindredij more tluin me^ 
 
 "S'xw was the time to try our utmost skill 
 
 Now hope or horror cv^ry ipiuddid fill. 
 
 Come brave exertion shew tby uimost partp, 
 
 Ciiv« li|||^»d hope and ea&ethe»e ironbl'd hearts ; . ; 
 
 * Mr. Srimson, Li^vut. and Adjutarj.i of the regiment ; fi 
 Pfentieman of a most estimable cliaracler, and a man of hu* 
 Wijnily and judgment. It is singular that this g<'nt!e!ti an 
 bad a near relation immortaliz«'d by Burn?, liie St oiiist 
 poet. Would to God my weak pen could confer the same 
 ^pour im Mr. Siiinson^ ( am. coo^ieui be UeserveSvit. 
 
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 >VHrt great Mackay did dan upon the waV^ 
 
 Fe^less of dangcMsboth uent'^o explore ' 
 A place of siifety on Ihis barren shore 5 
 
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 He from the-.trte into the boat did dart 
 ;Aulconsolanon,o;ave to ev'ry heart, 
 
 An7\'.JTr' ^"'" '" ''^'"'" »*'*' ^5)bing tide 
 Anllay the boat „|)nn the water's side., 
 
 wIm'!^? M ^' '^"^' "^^"'^^^^ sand 
 Would not allow tiiem in the boat to land 
 
 ;^ Jd safely latid.-d upon Labrador ; 
 rb,s once accomplished they return'd a^r.in 
 To g,ve true sp.ht and to banish pain. 
 The booms sure laid upon the veLl's'sirfc 
 Anrf young and old did dart into the tide •> 
 Ev'n I, tho' old, did dart into the VaV^ 
 And wander'd thro' Uiedeep my nfe to fave. 
 
 Thlfsrpiff ^7"T ^"^ '""template witbtne 
 
 Ihis scene of misery «„ (he raging ..ea, • 
 
 i Phret:;;^^''''"?' r^^^^ ^o the shore, 
 ■2 P '»<^P out seldom visited before 
 
 A p£ bm seldn"'"''! ""'"•^" ^^'"^'^^ ««'^' clalm'd 
 -n^ pi^e Dttt seldom, almost never nam'd, 
 
 «»"c was Ciown the «;h!n'c c;^« 1 . -""•, aa ouuu as 
 
 jean. Riebar"", ^^eZl , '•. hIII- "^'^ "'?'« "'"> s«'- 
 would be vain to oraiL ol nffi "! "" "'" """■«• I' 
 
 ther, for no one eS Tai;"^ v" ™' f "T""^ «f ano- 
 aciivelv emulnve," i„ j """ ^'""-*- Al were 
 
 was (0 These S^ni ^^ d'-pafment or anolher. and il 
 
 vationo reCpielnTZ^r'' '"^"'"l' "'^' 'h« preser- 
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 Tea held in horror in historic page ,.. ^ , ,. 
 
 AbliorM l)^y vnge and df spis'd by sage; , ,.' 
 
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 See youns; and old attenjp.t to gain the land .. 
 All leave the vessel in St. Luvyrence strand, 
 Rank and distini^tion now are laid aside 
 All irivel loaded tljro' Ih? briny tide, ^ 
 
 ]'/en femali^ weakness now must strength acquire,, 
 And age assume theYonn of yo«ti)t>l tire, 
 fiuppose all ianded on thedcsart coast 
 Sore hurl indeed but not qne creature lost, . 
 Retieclion then must take theplace of fear 
 Now does our slate to ev'ry mind appear, . 
 All dre^ch'd and cold, scarce any thing to eat, . 
 No hotise (xr honie our misery complete, 
 What shall we^dn In this s,id desperate stale' 
 To find a home aTid^i^pelhing too to eat, , . 
 The wood our refugrand our tov'ring lop 
 The scene tho' stretched, still 'iwas something new. 
 See trees in millions tow'ringtow'ring rise 
 And almost reaching to the azure skits. 
 See millions laid upon their sides by a< 
 Or by the horrid lempegfs^tormy rag 
 True emblem here of human life ?ind 
 This forest doth to human nature she 
 Here trees do grow,iand here they 
 Like us, poprniGtfials, creatures o 
 The F.ioral dr^w, kind reader, if y 
 And know that Ihou thyself art but J 
 Come now invention, () inspire tht 
 infuse some comfort, and ah! banVsh 
 Direct our conduct, stiew thy «>nio.st sk 
 i} guide our minds and regulate our will; 
 For nov^, indeed, 'tis ihee that should inspire 
 Our ev'ry th\)ught, and be our full desire. 
 Here unprovided we must f.fde away, 
 XT'iless invemive powVs should now display. 
 See what our wants and happiness doth crave, 
 Give us but these, no other will we have. 
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 JJfw n.ght ai^proacl.ins: so.nethiug else de.nandft 
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 m.le at (he fires we snugly alLat ro^d ' * 
 Co,„po.:d and^happy „„ the mo..v ground- 
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 Unmov d l^v #^6y,n, by te.„p.st/or by>|oV 
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 Lonjr dm we wandm oVr the leverbearh 
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 'he reader krtows, j^t Ipast l^e ougUi to kirow:*.:; up 'jt 
 h'rue courage from humanity does flow, 
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 ^hree boats now loaded forward did praceedf 
 
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 JBiit what did |2;rieve and fill »» all with pain, 
 'he boats could not that day return again. 
 
 iThus were our friends still left upon the shore, 
 
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 iJnus'd they were to sf*e. a liMman face,,, . 
 Except tte andient, (he ime Indian rac^. 
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 No stranger' had tlj^,.<^ver,seen before. 
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 Atdnce attracts, at once doth ease the mind. 
 This was the case with these good happy mcD, 
 
 "Our tender look caus'd theui return again> 
 They kindiv offer meat and drink to those 
 'Whom but before they did account their fees. 
 CiviKzation look at this and cry. 
 Let tears now drop from ev'ry Christian cye^ 
 To our disgrace some men to virtue lost. 
 Have robb*d«liave prunder^^d on the British constf 
 Have miifder*d those who swam across the wave. 
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 But here on shoi-e our friends we cannot lenvc, 
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 Our grand exertion to bring them on board. 
 To auve their lives and keep our honest word, 
 Must now be us'd^' tn-morrow this w^H tryj 
 Humane^s the oalVand dangers we'lKdefy, 
 To-morrow come' the boats again are man*ll,' . 
 Again tht'y stretch irtwards the point of land. 
 Now all our ftieritls c®me down the woody hill, 
 Broke u-p by time and n>nuy a' turning- rill,. 
 And long they wifiiideT'd thro' the briny tide. 
 Until they reacheil where the boats did ride: 
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 Bui winds did bftffl«*'and tlie tides ruAw^,*-'*' 
 That for some tJim* we couW not forward go ; 
 At last afav'rile wind, as I reojember. 
 Sent us to port on th fourth of Noverttb^r.' 
 How thankful theu'shonld ev'ry one* now be,'^ " 
 That he is sav'd from dangers of tli^ sea. 
 *Ti9 HE that mad'^ii's can aione preserv'e. 
 And he's more kind' to us than we deserve. 
 Kh^e for our stirs we*d been frocrt inertly tf riven » 
 SwecpM from the earth and also ba'niVhf'd heftv'o* 
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 before the door; of the o\i lhicf'» hole, in ih^s- 
 former {>risoQ of Arbroath, now the Banking 
 Office, and which ' tbief'ft hoK was formerly the 
 tomb of a Mr. Ffrgu»on, wh'o' was twnisler iH 
 Arbroath, abrtut i'50" year? ago : Written at ihe^ 
 desire of my ranch esteemed frient[, D,6a.con Jamer 
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 rable or resjieatalile man in the world, , . 
 
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 But one' ihins^'s sor^ they once did form a part' '"'^'■^ 
 Of th;it h«|fe pile, that monument df ajPt,' ■ 
 Whose lofiy itM^i begin to disappear, • 
 The wreck of f|re, aud ea<*h revolving-yfear, 
 Our fatl»ers burnt it in religious zeal, 
 Aud thoughi 'n# doubt 'twas for the public weal; 
 Y<*s, zeal mistaken ' aid the fag|ot fire ' ' \ 
 And burn the abbey I'li religV</U , ire, ' 
 That famous pile whSch to this day might been, 
 But for thei'- fury i^leasant to be seien.' ' . ' 
 O Aberbfothock what' a loss to tliee- ' '• 
 The thought 8^111 sickens you and si'ckeVi^ tn^': 
 N more digressijBii^'Vme my faithful muse, 
 i> jiMide ray hauc^''iny heart with truth infiisc^ 
 While I impart the fiist*Vy of these Stones*,' 
 The tomb of living and of dead mc^'s bone^. 
 A rev'rend priest once liv*d within the' thwn, 
 Who preaHi'd Ih^ woi'd, and was of kOtWe" renowh-; •;» 
 This honest prte'st once took took in ht^ hettd ' ' ' 
 To build a'tomli to c6ver him when Bead, ' . 
 
 The place he chose' WUs on St. ^Hom^is flOi^r ■ . ,^i 
 
 One hundred feet from the great ewiryi door,^' ean.fie 
 On the south wall, close by the gcthic pile, 
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 'T?n he was tni^*1ied with ht« pi^tvnt ilay. 
 
 There Dn^itf fearH'h^ as Tiwne has |)Mt)rr8h*d wide, 
 
 "Was haried by i*ie revM'Cnil pn^soa^s ii&e. 
 
 There SIrawao tto while but a youth iVas laid 
 
 By mnrd^roHS ir^n who thought t|ie lai^j wai d«ad ; , 
 
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 And ofteii light Trom utter darkness brings, [ ;, 
 
 Exposed his cause, when at ihe venr grave, "_ 
 
 And sav'd his liffe Vvht»n nohe but utt^d oaitld srave; ' 
 Before (his time the door had long been closed $ 
 There death and darkness were alone repos'd. 
 The hoary Sexton now possession lakes^ 
 To hold his s^paUes, his mattocks, boards IMUJ^.^^P^^'^ I 
 There Hill the maso« wrought vvit^ anxious .^are, ,; 
 On winter nights when he the time xfliild 8pa;|r^, j 
 In cutting stones for placing a( the j^i^ii^. 
 Of these already nurnber'd witli the dead. 
 But Stnith, base man, whora ev£n but the name,' 
 Fills Aberbrot<hock's sous, with lasting shame, 
 'Contrived a plan and did reinovq ;the/3e stanes^ 
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 Design'd for belter uSe by honest n^en ; .,,. 
 
 'Tis not a place whei% to keep thie^^es , i^ppfiif*^ 
 To keep thenj, out i« now the end designM. 
 The BankersV 9he9t, the great dejj^ojt of^.gold. 
 Is hither kept» an4; icept in sa^s^^|i^. , 
 O fellow mao^ thii»k. on, thy mortal state. 
 Thou llttif know'^ what stHl fiay he^^l^y fatp; 
 If thou art rich* ye» happy, just j^tfiJ] mse, ^ 
 Do not the. ipean, the weak, nor ppor^i^'esplfet 
 What Is theii: fa^e ma^y too alas be thtflf^ ;^ 
 Their's may be y^oi's, ami also too, Jbemini^j 
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