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H 266: etext transcription

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His Losses made
our Gains ashamed -
He bore Life's
empty Pack
As gallantly as
if the East
Were swinging
at his Back -
Life's empty Pack
is heaviest
As every Porter
knows -
In vain to
punish Honey -
It only sweeter grows -