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Of artful demagogues who plan
To humbug every one they can; -
Enough to know what sort of measures
Best guard the country's rights + Treasures.-
To know when rulers grace their seats,
And when they act like fools, or cheats; 
Depending most for comforts true [last 3 words underlined]
On acts which God [underlined] requires of you,
On practice of his truth + love, 
And duties Conscience [underlined] shall approve.-
Examining his word to find
What most exalts the human mind,-
With daily prayer [2 words underlined], + humble trust,
For joys eternal with the just.
I'm mixing fun + seriousness
Too much to please your taste, I guess,
Too much for my own fancy, too,
So I will now begin anew.
     I was a going to say, you see, 
That, on the morning, after we
Had bid you, at the cars, good bye,-
All feeling sad enough to cry, -
And turn'd for home our sorry paces,
The tempest raging in our faces,-
Our heads unshielded ('tis a scandal
That our umbrella has no handle) [last 3 words underlined]
In Indian file we march's with speed,
And Col. Parsons took the lead.
We met a load of  passengers
Too late to get aboard the Cars,