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A dead man going slowly sadly	A
To occupy his last abode	B
A curate by him rather gladly	A
Did holy service on the road	B
Within a coach the dead was borne	C
A robe around him duly worn	C
Of which I wot he was not proud	D
That ghostly garment call'd a shroud	D
In summer's blaze and winter's blast	E
That robe is changeless 'tis the last	E
The curate with his priestly dress on	F
Recited all the church's prayers	G
The psalm the verse response and lesson	H
In fullest style of such affairs	G
Sir Corpse we beg you do not fear	I
A lack of such things on your bier	J
They'll give abundance every way	K
Provided only that you pay	K
The Reverend John Cabbagepate	E
Watch'd o'er the corpse as if it were	L
A treasure needing guardian care	M
And all the while his looks elate	E
This language seem'd to hold	E
'The dead will pay so much in gold	E
So much in lights of molten wax	N
So much in other sorts of tax '	O
With all he hoped to buy a cask of wine	P
The best which thereabouts produced the vine	P
A pretty niece on whom he doted	E
And eke his chambermaid should be promoted	E
By being newly petticoated	E
The coach upset and dash'd to pieces	Q
Cut short these thoughts of wine and nieces	R
There lay poor John with broken head	E
Beneath the coffin of the dead	E
His rich parishioner in lead	E
Drew on the priest the doom	S
Of riding with him to the tomb	S
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The Pot of Milk and fate	E
Of Curate Cabbagepate	E
As emblems do but give	T
The history of most that live	U

Jean De La Fontaine

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