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Cheerfulness in Charity; or, the Sweet Sacrifice1898Alfred Pollard
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63. CHEERFULNESS IN CHARITY; OR, THE SWEET SACRIFICE.

'Tis not a thousand bullocks' thighs
Can please those heav'nly deities,
If the vower don't express
In his offering cheerfulness.

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