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26 | G r av e y ar d H u m o r

So nicely regulated were all his motions,
that he never went wrong,
except when set a-going
by people
who did not know his Key:
even then he was easily
set right again.
He had the art of disposing his time so well
that his hours glided away
in one continual round
of pleasure and delight,
till an unlucky minute put a period to
his existence.
He departed this life
Nov. 14, 1802,
aged 57:
wound up,
in hopes of being taken in hand
by his Maker;
and of being thoroughly cleaned, repaired,
and set a-going
in the world to come.

29. On a Miser:—

Here lies one who lived unloved, and died unlamented; who denied
plenty to himself, assistance to his friends, and relief to the poor; who
starved his family, oppressed his neighbours, and plagued himself to
gain what he could not enjoy. At last, Death, more merciful to him
than he was to himself, released him from care, and his family from
want; and here he lies with the unknown he imitated, and with the soil
he loved, in fear of a resurrection, lest his heirs should have spent the
money he left behind, having laid up no treasure where moth and rust
do not corrupt, or thieves break through and steal.