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Occasional verse, moral and sacred

Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet]

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DEATH,

AN EPIGRAM.

That thou must die, not Truth itself more true
Nor less is this, that unprepar'd are you,
Who careless live, altho' to-morrow's sun
May fix thy fate, as changeless as undone!