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ON FRANCES KENT,
Aged 19; buried in Eartham Church-Yard.
1777.
Here youthful innocence, of humble birth,
Is sunk untimely into silent earth:
This quiet hamlet knew no gentler mind,
“In sickness patient, and in death resign'd.”
Thou peaceful villager, whoe'er thou art,
Now bending o'er her grave with feeling heart,
Learn from her blameless life, tho' short the date,
Each modest virtue that becomes thy state!
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