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I write not for your farthing, but to try. How I your farthing writers, may outvie.

Isaac Watts

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Isaac Watts
Age: 74 †
Born: 1674
Born: July 17
Died: 1748
Died: November 25
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Southampton
Hampshire
Isaac Watts
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In books, or work, or healthful play.
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Do not be deceived happiness and enjoyment do not lie in wicked ways.
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What's amiss I'll strive to mend,And endure what can't be mended.
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