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FRAGMENT II.
[Whene'er the Fates resume thy Breath]
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This seems to have been addressed to an arrogant unlettered Lady, vain of her Beauty and Riches.
I
Whene'er the Fates resume thy Breath,No bright Reversion shalt thou gain,
Unnotic'd thou shalt sink in Death,
Nor ev'n thy Memory remain:
For thy rude Hand ne'er pluck'd the lovely Rose,
Which on the Mountain of Pieria blows.
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II
To Pluto's Mansions shalt thou go,The stern inexorable King,
Among th'ignoble Shades below
A vain, ignoble Thing;
While honour'd Sappho's Muse-embellish'd Name
Shall flourish in Eternity of Fame.
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