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_On a Porter who died suddenly under a load._

Pack'd up within these dark abodes,

Lies one, in life inur'd to loads,

Which oft he carried 'tis well known,

Till Death pass'd by and threw him down;

When he that carried loads before,

Became a load which others bore

To this his inn--where, as they say,

They leave him till another day.

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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 17, No. 491, May 28, 1831 · 第 39 / 41 题