But with effect that never could be traced.

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Now rests our Vicar. They who knew him best

Proclaim his life t' have been entirely rest—

Free from all evils which disturb his mind

Whom studies vex and controversies blind.

The rich approved—of them in awe he stood;

The poor admired—they all believed him good;

The old and serious of his habits spoke;

The frank and youthful loved his pleasant joke;