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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE The COUNTESS of UXBRIDGE.
OCCASIONED BY THE Death of the EARL, her Husband.
Cease, cease illustrious partner of his bed,O! cease the tributary tear to shed:
Mourn not for him whom God has given to die
From earthly vanities to heavenly joy.
These are the greatest honours we can give,
To mark his ways, and as he liv'd to live.
Still bloom in goodness as you bloom'd before;
Heaven asks but this, and saints can do no more:
Exert each virtue of the Christian mind,
And still continue friend of human kind.
Be this your chief delight, for 'tis the best,
With ready alms to succour the distress'd;
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Nor pass a day without some gracious deed.
These acts are grateful to Jehovah's eye,
For these the poor shall bless you ere they die:
These hide our sins, these purchase solid gain,
And these shall bring you to your Lord again.
September 6, 1743.
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