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II. On a Young GENTLEMAN,
Who died A. D. 1743, Ætat. 15. In a Church in CHESHIRE.
When age, all-patient, and without regret,Lies down in peace, and pays the general debt,
'Tis weakness most unmanly to deplore
The death of those who relish life no more.
But when fair youth, that every promise gave,
Sheds his sweet blossom in the blasting grave,
All eyes o'erflow with many a streaming tear,
And each sad bosom heaves the sigh sincere.
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