WHEN the devil got notice old Charon was dead,
He wish'd for some blockhead to row in his stead ;
For he fear'd one with int'lect discov'ries might make,
Of his tortures and racks, t'other side of the lake ;
So for true native dullness and want of discernment,
He sought the whole world, and gave John the preferment.
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