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An Epistle in Verse, occasioned by the death of James Boswell, Esquire

of Auchinleck -- Addressed to the Rev. Dr. T. D. By the Rev. Samuel Martin

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Passion and imitation, hope and fear
Of high enjoyment, or of ills severe,
From dying man his dissolution hide:
He sinks or floats in Dissipation's tide;
And, lost to every great and manly scheme,
His life becomes a trifle, or a dream.