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POLICY GOES BEYOND STRENGTH,
lengthe my Store of Light hath reach'd its ende,
Nor have I wherewithal more light O to lende ;
Greafe fpente, wick burned and fmoake all pafled away,
Of Light berefte, what bootes it here to stay ?
Yet while I am permitted to remaine,
It is to mewe that I may ferve againe :
In patient Hope I therefore byde my time,
Until in me freme Light the Fates do trimme ;
And if the greafe and wick be equale goode
To holde fuch Light I reft of willinge moode.
For while to ferve, the means to us is given ;
Who willinge ferve, mail have their faults forgiven.
SMOOTH WORDS MAKE SMOOTH WAYS.
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