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ROCHESTER EXTEMPORE by JOHN WILMOT

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First Line: AND AFTER SINGING PSALM THE TWELFTH
Last Line: "I AM A RASCAL, THAT THOU KNOW'ST!"
Subject(s): BIBLE; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
And after singing Psalm the Twelfth,
He laid his book upon the shelf
And looked much simply like himself;
With eyes turned up, as white as ghost,
He cried, "Ah, Lard! ah, Lard of Hosts!
I am a rascal, that thou know'st!"



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