Poems on Several Occasions In which are included, The Toilette and The Fall. By Joseph Thurston ... The Second Edition |
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On a young LADY dangerously Ill.
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On a young LADY dangerously Ill.
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Behold, by undiscerning Fate,The Fairest of the fairer kind
Sunk under Pain's oppressive Weight;
No longer beauteous, but in Mind.
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Those Eyes, alas! have lost their Fire,Those waining Cheeks their Vernal Bloom;
The Wish of Thousands shall expire,
And wither in a lonely Tomb.
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In vain, alas! on Heav'n we call,In vain with Tears a respite crave;
That dear, that Angel-Form must fall
The beauteous Victim of the Grave.
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Unpitying too relentless Death,Is the severe decission just?
Must She resign that balmy Breath,
And turn to unregarded Dust?
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She must: As when the Winds deformThe clear expansion of the sky,
Without Distinction in the storm
The Roses fade, the Lillies die
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