"If after I depart this vale you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl."

Grace, Forgiveness, Memory, Compassion

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"If after I depart this vale you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl."

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