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SIR MACKLIN.
OF all the youths I ever saw
None were so wicked, vain, or silly.
So lost to shame and Sunday law
As worldly Tom, and Bob, and Billy.
For every Sabbath day they walked
(Such was their gay and thoughtless natur)
In parks or gardens, where they talked
From three to six, or even later.
Sir Macklin was a priest severe
In conduct and in conversation,
It did a sinner good to hear
Him deal in ratiocination.
