Specimens of American poetry with critical and biographical notices |
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EPITAPH OF MORNAI DU PLESSIS, IMITATED FROM THE LATIN OF GROTIUS. |
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EPITAPH OF MORNAI DU PLESSIS, IMITATED FROM THE LATIN OF GROTIUS.
Nobility of soul, by nature given,Nobler than blood of proud ancestral line;
Skill in the laws of men, and truths of Heaven,
Maturest counsel; eloquence divine,
With Mornai here repose;—his tomb their hallow'd shrine.
| Specimens of American poetry | |