The Works of Richard Owen Cambridge Including several pieces never before published: with an account of his life and character, by his son, George Owen Cambridge |
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[THUS Flavia exclaim'd, when beholding the coffin]
ID CINEREM AUT MANES CREDIS curare SEPULTOS.
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THUS Flavia exclaim'd, when beholding the coffin,
Which her dear loving spouse to the Abbey went off in;
“And why might not I, like the Braminy dames,
“Leap to his dear arms, through the midst of the flames;
“Here, Jenny, go send for a load of dry faggots,;—
“But hold!—They may say these are whimsies or maggots.
“Would it give his dear manes the smallest concern?
“Would his ashes be much discomposed in their urn?
“If I say with St. Paul “Better marry than burn.”
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