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Matthew Prior - Nell and John
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When Nell, given o`er by the doctor, was dying, 
And John at the chimney stood decently crying,
`Tis in vain said the woman to make such ado,
For to our long home we must all of us go.

True, Nell, replied John; but what yet is the worst
For us that remain, the best always go first;
Remember, dear wife, that I said so last year,
When you lost your white heifer, and I my brown mare.
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