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SONNET III.
[O sprung from worthies, who with counsels wise]
To F. K. Esq;
O sprung from worthies, who with counsels wise
Adorn'd and strengthen'd great Elisa's throne,
Who yet with virtuous pride, may'st well despise
To borrow praise from merits not thy own.
Adorn'd and strengthen'd great Elisa's throne,
Who yet with virtuous pride, may'st well despise
To borrow praise from merits not thy own.
Oft as I view the monumental stone
Where our lov'd H---'s cold ashes rest,
Musing on joys with him long past and gone,
A pleasing sad remembrance fills my breast.—
Where our lov'd H---'s cold ashes rest,
Musing on joys with him long past and gone,
A pleasing sad remembrance fills my breast.—
Did the sharp pang we feel for friends deceas'd
Unbated last, we must with anguish die;
But nature bids its rigour should be eas'd
By lenient time, and strong necessity:
These calm the passions, and subdue the mind
To bear th'appointed lot of human kind.
Unbated last, we must with anguish die;
But nature bids its rigour should be eas'd
By lenient time, and strong necessity:
These calm the passions, and subdue the mind
To bear th'appointed lot of human kind.
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