Poem by Anonymous

Written in the Waiting-Room at the Office of the Secretary of the State

In sore afflictions sent by God’s commands, 
In patience Job the great example stands; 
But in these days a trial more severe 
Had been Job’s lot, if God had sent him here. 

1. Sir Richard Whittington’s Advancement
2. Shakespeare’s Monument at Stratford-upon-Avon
3. The Guard-Chamber
4. The Bells of Fletching
5. The Banks o’ Glaizart

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