Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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QUID DE MORTUIS?
“What say you of the Dead?”
“Nothing of evil,” say the wise;Because, until the body rise,
It is impossible to tell,
Who in particular's in hell;
And therefore all that we can do,
Supposing Revelation's true,
Is but to speak in general terms,
As that high oracle affirms:
And that is this, you may depend;
Whoever lives and dies a friend
To true religion's righteous cause,
Her heavenly madates, rules, and laws,
Is safe secur'd, and high will stand
Before the throne, at his right hand,
Whose justice dread will reckless doom
The sinner to the wrath to come.
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