The Works of John Hall-Stevenson ... Corrected and Enlarged. With Several Original Poems, Now First Printed, and Explanatory Notes. In Three Volumes |
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EPITAPH UPON ONE OF THE NOBLE FAMILY OF THE SCROPES. |
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EPITAPH UPON ONE OF THE NOBLE FAMILY OF THE SCROPES.
A Long farewell to Hope and Fear;A restless traveller rests here.
Scrope's weary bones no more shall ake,
His watchful eyes no longer wake.
The head of all these plains, ah, why
Should heads so spiritual die?
(The matter in them is so small
And light, 'tis next to none at all);
Time, envious Time, shorten'd his reign,
And ne'er will shew his like again.
Religious moralist attend,
Here, and here only, toil and grief
Shall find sure comfort and relief,
And every pain and terror end.
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