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�When, in due time, you shall have made An honest competence, by trade [underlined], Then you can quit it, + retire To rural [underlined] life, if you desire,-- Where you may have a pleasant home, And entertain your friends that come,-- Have books, + music, + the news, And ev'ry thing, except the Blues [underlined]; -- And, as your father does, devote Your time to what will best promote Your health of body, peace of mind, And the best good of all mankind;-- And read, + write, + dogg'rel [?] [underlined] spin, And play upon your violin;-- Keep pigs + cows + hens today [underlined], And feed them 20 times a day, And pick up apples, go to mill, Clean out the barn, + mix the swill,-- Hoe in the garden, pole the beans, And pull up surplus plants for greens,-- Do all yourself [underlined], if you incline, Unless your boys be smart as [underlined] mine [underlined],-- Have fields + pastures, flock + herds, And groves and forests fill'd with birds. Raise wood, + bread, + trees for fruit. And ev'ry thing your taste would suit,-- And, mind, if Heav'n shall bless your labors, To give a part to your poor [underlined] neighbors [underlined];-- Attend enough politics [underlined] To understand the frauds + tricks