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    Grim death , it has been said , assailed her ; And pray now > what the devil ailed her ? Alas ! alas ! a sad disease , And one that came on by degrees ; For ' twas not of that sudden sort

    That often cuts old people short , Coining on quick with coughs and sneezes It was not one of those diseases ; And sure we never understood The malady was in the blood ; No , no , the truth must not be

    hid—She brought it on herself , she did ; There ' s no one knows her but confesses She brought it on by her excesses ; With sleeping , drinking , and gross feeding And many strange ways of proceeding , To which , howe ' er my feelings hurting , I feel the duty of adverting . More accurately then to trace The circumstances of the case ,

    There are some portions of her story 'Tis proper I should lay before ye ; And this in justice . First , her youth . She was a charming child in truth ; No kicking e ' er was seen , or scratching ,

    No greedy bread-and-butter snatching Nothing ill-tempered or perverse , No fractious quarrelling with nurse , Nor was she ever heard to squall ,

    r or she d no naughty ways at all ; Gentle , good-humoured , patient , mild , Such was my lad y when a child . Nor did she forfeit , it appears , These praises in her riper years . A well-behaved young woman she As ever you ' d desire to see ; Modest , enlightened , virtuous , clever ,

    With no affected airs whatever , Simple and plain in her demeanour , It would have done you good to have seen her . Of course with such superior qualities , She mixed not in the world ' s frivolities ;

    She always courted the society Of men of learning , and of piety ; She never showed an inclination For gaiety or dissipation ; She'd less of cash , and more of sense , Than to iudulge absurd expense ;

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    294 The Gre < U UnbUd .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1835, page 294, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2645/page/2/