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Poetics

Or, a series of poems, and disquisitions on poetry. By George Dyer
Dyer, George (1755-1841)

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VOL. I.
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ODES.
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BOOK THE FIRST.
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BOOK THE SECOND.
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BOOK THE THIRD.
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BOOK THE FOURTH.

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ODE XXI. AN EPITAPH FOR A HUMAN BEING.

He did not hate the world, and yet,
Liv'd from the world retir'd;
And cheerful he paid Nature's debt,
And unobserv'd expir'd.
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Reader! within thy gentle breast,
Does Pity lodge, thy plaintive guest?
Bid her leave no complainings here;
But mark the tribes of human kind:
Can she no living mourner find?
Then bid her come—and drop a tear.
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