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 BOOK THE EIGHTH.

THE PARSONAGE.

pensive Sceptic of the lonely Vale

To those acknowledgments subscribed his own

With a sedate compliance, which the Priest

Failed not to notice inly pleased, and said,

"If Ye, by whom invited I commenced

Those Naratives of calm and humble life,

Be satisfied, 'tis well,—the end is gained;

And, in return for sympathy bestowed

And patient listening, thanks accept from me.

—Life, Death, Eternity! momentous themes

Are these—and might demand a Seraph's tongue,