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Elate, tho' reluctant I leave;

My heart seems with prescience to burn:
That pleasing accounts I shall give,
When smiling, you meet my return.

Ah! dear to my heart is the scene,
Where life's serene morning I spent ;
My days pass'd away as a dream,
So happy, so gaily content.

The toils of our lot now I join,
May Providence point me the way;
Where want may not cause to repine,
Nor luxury lead me astray !

The Lord be my portion and guide,
May I virtue and heav'n pursue :
His peace with th' cottagers abide,
May we all meet in heav'n! Adieu.

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ALPHABETICAL MAXIMS,

Worthy the remembrance and regard of all;

SELECTED BY BOB SHORT

A.

A firm faith is the best divinity-a good life the best philosophy-a clear conscience the best laws-honesty the best policy-and temperance the best physic.

Always make your jest so that it end not in

earnest.

Accuse not Fortune when thou art in the fault thyself.

A clear conscience fears no accusation. A great many employ the first of their to make their last miserable.

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A man without secresy is an open letter for every one to read.

B.

Beauty without virtue is like poison concealed in a gold box.

By taking revenge, a Man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over he is superior.

Believe not all are evil that are evil spoken of. Be as careful of what you say as of what

you do.

Better break your word than do evil by keeping it.

Better be alone, than in bad company. Better to go to bed supperless than rise in debt.

Benevolence is commendable in all persons.

Begin to be good in time, it cannot be to

soon.

C.

Cease to be vicious and you'll cease to be afraid.

Compassion and benevolence are godlike virtues.

Chuse not a friend over thy cups.

Conscience is a terror to evil doers, but a comforter to good men.

-Content and health are

wealth.

the poor man's

Charity is friendship in common, and friendship is charity inclosed,

D.

Do nothing to day that may bring repen

tance to morrow.

* Denying a fault doubles it.

Die to sin daily, that you may not die for it eternally.

Deliberate long on what thou cans't do but

once.

Defer not charities till death; he that doth so is rather liberal of another man's wealth than his own.

Days of pleasure too often bring on evenings of repentance.

Diligence is the mother of good-luck.

Do well and fear neither man nor devil. Diamonds have flaws, and roses have their thorns.

Drive thy business, let not thy business drive thee.

.E.

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

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Evil habits are better conquered to-day than to-morrow.

Experience and instruction are the parents of true wisdom.

Envy too often begets hatred and revenge. Experience is the best adviser; but it is better to learn by others than our own.

F.

Friendship is best tried by adversity.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Forget others faults, and remember thine

own.

Fine sense and elevated sense are not so useful as common sense.

Frugality is a fortune, and industry a good

estate.

Fortitude is the medium betwixt fear and boldness.

Real friends are like ghosts and apparitions, what many persons talk of but few ever saw. G.

Gratitude is a duty none can be excused from, because it is always in our own disposal. Greedy dispositions often lose what they

possess.

Good-nature is of all virtues and qualities of the mind the greatest, being the character of the deity.

Gentleness is the best way to make a man loved and respected by all.

Gratitude preserves old friendship and pro

cures new.

To be, do, and get good, keep daily in view, And you'll always find something praiseworthy to do.

H.

Have nothing to do with men in a passion, for men are not like iron, to be wrought upon when hot.

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing. He that confesseth his sins, and mendeth not is a praying hypocrite.

He that mocketh the lame, is either a fool or a madman.

I.

Industry pays debts, but despair increaseth them.

If thou hast not sense enough to speak, have wit enough to hold thy tongue,

It is not so painful to an honest man to want money, as to be owing it.

It is a common remark,-that Love and Pride stock Bedlam, then beware of each. If you think twice before you speak once, you'll speak twice the better for it.

It is better to pay and have little left, than to keep much and always be in debt.

If thou hast a lazy servant, send him on errands before dinner.

B.

Knowledge will not be acquired without attention and application.

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