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The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts, D. D.

Containing, besides his Sermons, and Essays on miscellaneous subjects, several additional pieces, Selected from his Manuscripts by the Rev. Dr. Jennings, and the Rev. Dr. Doddridge, in 1753: to which are prefixed, memoirs of the life of the author, compiled by the Rev. George Burder. In six volumes

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ON THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, Just after Mr. Dryden. 1700.
  
  
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ON THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, Just after Mr. Dryden. 1700.

An Epigram.

Dryden is dead, Dryden alone could sing
The full-grown glories of a future king.
Now Glo'ster dies: Thus lesser heroes live
By that immortal breath that poets give;
And scarce survive the muse: But William stands,
Nor asks his honours from the poet's hands.
William shall shine without a Dryden's praise,
His laurels are not grafted on the bays.