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TO MY SUCCESSOR by GEORGE HERBERT

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First Line: IF THOU CHANCE FOR TO FIND
Last Line: AND THEN MY LABOURS NOT LOST.

IF thou chance for to find
A new house to thy mind,
And built without thy cost;
Be good to the poor,
As God gives thee store,
And then my labours not lost.



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