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From every ill mortality endur'd,
Safe in celestial Salem's walls secur'd. 10

E'ER yet from this terrestrial state retir'd, 
The Virtuous lov'd Thee, and the Wife admir'd. 
The gay approv'd Thee, and the grave rever'd; 
And all thy words with rapt attention heard!
The Sons of Learning on thy lessons hung, 15
While soft persuasion mov'd th' illit'rate throng.
Who, drawn by rhetoric's commanding laws,
Comply'd obedient, nor conceiv'd the cause. 
Thy every sentence was with grace inspir'd, 
and every period with devotion sir'd, 20          
Bright Truth thy guide without a dark disguise, 
And penetration's all-discerning eyes. 

THY COUNTRY mourns th' afflicting Hand divine 
That now forbids thy radiant lamp to shine, 
Which

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