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 one who died discovering her Kindness.
Some vex their Souls with jealous Pain,
While others sigh for cold Disdain:
Love's various Slaves we daily see;
Yet happy all, compar'd with me.
While others sigh for cold Disdain:
Love's various Slaves we daily see;
Yet happy all, compar'd with me.
Of all Mankind, I lov'd the best
A Nymph so far above the rest,
That we outshin'd the Blest above,
In Beauty she, and I in Love.
A Nymph so far above the rest,
That we outshin'd the Blest above,
In Beauty she, and I in Love.
And therefore they who could not bear
To be outdone by Mortals here,
Among themselves have plac'd her now,
And left me wretched here below.
To be outdone by Mortals here,
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And left me wretched here below.
All other Fate I could have born,
And ev'n endur'd her very Scorn;
But oh! thus all at once to find
That dread Account! both dead and kind!
What Heart can hold? If yet I live,
'Tis but to shew how much I grieve.
And ev'n endur'd her very Scorn;
But oh! thus all at once to find
That dread Account! both dead and kind!
What Heart can hold? If yet I live,
'Tis but to shew how much I grieve.
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