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...MAIN'S OUR FENCE." — DRYDEN. " HOW BLESSED IS HE WHO LEADS A COUNTRY LIFE, THE GOOD PARSON. 8l For, letting down the golden chain from high, He drew his audience upward to the sky. i | Q : g I a a He taught the gospel rather than the law; And forced himself to drive, but loved to...

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