The Works of John Sheffield Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham. In two volumes ... The third edition, Corrected |
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On Don Alonzo's being killed in
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Infanta, in the Year 1683.
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On Don Alonzo's being killed in Portugal, upon Account of the Infanta, in the Year 1683.
In such a Cause no Muse should fail
To bear a mournful Part;
'Tis just and noble to bewail
The Fate of fall'n Desert.
To bear a mournful Part;
'Tis just and noble to bewail
The Fate of fall'n Desert.
In vain ambitious Hopes design'd
To make his Soul aspire,
If Love and Beauty had not join'd,
To raise a brighter Fire.
To make his Soul aspire,
If Love and Beauty had not join'd,
To raise a brighter Fire.
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Amidst so many dang'rous Foes
How weak the wisest prove!
Reason itself would scarce oppose,
And seems agreed with Love.
How weak the wisest prove!
Reason itself would scarce oppose,
And seems agreed with Love.
If from the glorious Height he falls,
He greatly daring dies;
Or mounting where bright Beauty calls,
An Empire is the Prize.
He greatly daring dies;
Or mounting where bright Beauty calls,
An Empire is the Prize.
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