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EPITAPH: JOHN BUCKETT, by                    
First Line: And is alas! Poor buckett gone
Last Line: Still guarding stockbridge with thy sign
Subject(s): Epitaphs;landlords & Tenants


And is alas! poor Buckett gone
Farewell convivial honest JOHN
Oft at the well by fateful stroke
Buckets like pitchers must be broke
In this same motley shifting scene
How various have thy fortunes been
Today thy brim would overflow
Thy bounty then would All supply
To fill and drink and leave thee dry
Tomorrow sunk as in a well
Content unseen with Truth to dwell
But high or low or wet or dry
No rotten stave could malice spy
Then rise immortal Bucket rise
And claim thy station in the skies
Twixt Amphora and Pisces shine
Still guarding Stockbridge with thy sign




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