[
  {
    "title": "The Happy Life of a Country Parson",
    "author": "Alexander Pope",
    "lines": [
      "IMMITATION OF ENGLISH POETS. EARL OF DORSET",
      "",
      "Parson, these things in thy possessing",
      "Are better than the bishop's blessing:--",
      "A wife that makes conserves; a steed",
      "That carries double when there's need:",
      "October store, and best Virginia,",
      "Tithe-pig, and mortuary guinea:",
      "Gazettes sent gratis down, and frank'd,",
      "For which thy patron's weekly thank'd:",
      "A large Concordance, bound long since:",
      "Sermons to Charles the First, when prince:",
      "A Chronicle of ancient standing;",
      "A Chrysostom to smooth thy band in:",
      "The Polyglot--three parts--my text,",
      "Howbeit--likewise--now to my next:",
      "Lo, here the Septuagint--and Paul,",
      "To sum the whole--the close of all.",
      "He that has these, may pass his life,",
      "Drink with the squire, and kiss his wife;",
      "On Sundays preach, and eat his fill;",
      "And fast on Fridays--if he will;",
      "Toast Church and Queen, explain the news,",
      "Talk with churchwardens about pews,",
      "Pray heartily for some new gift,",
      "And shake his head at Doctor S----t."
    ],
    "linecount": "25"
  }
]