The Works of Richard Savage ... With an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, by Samuel Johnson. A New Edition |
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VERSES SENT TO AARON HILL, ESQ.
WITH THE TRAGEDY OF SIR THOMAS OVERBURY,
EXPECTING HIM TO CORRECT IT.
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As the soul, stript of mortal clay,Grows all divinely fair,
And boundless roves the milky way,
And views sweet prospects there,
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This hero, clogg'd with drossy lines,By thee new vigour tries;
As thy correcting hand refines,
Bright scenes around him rise.
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Thy touch brings the wish'd stone to pass,So sought, so long foretold;
It turns polluted lead, or brass,
At once to purest gold.
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