A Collection of Original Poems By Samuel Derrick |
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Left by Mr. Pope in a Bed-chamber, at Adderbury in Oxfordshire, formerly the Seat of the Earl of Rochester, then in Possession of the late Duke of Argyle. |
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Left by Mr. Pope in a Bed-chamber, at Adderbury in Oxfordshire, formerly the Seat of the Earl of Rochester, then in Possession of the late Duke of Argyle.
With no poetic ardors fir'd,
I press the bed where Wilmot lay;
That here he lov'd, or here expir'd,
Begets no numbers, grave or gay.
I press the bed where Wilmot lay;
That here he lov'd, or here expir'd,
Begets no numbers, grave or gay.
Beneath thy roof, Argyle, are bred
Such thoughts as prompt the brave to lie
Stretch'd forth in honour's nobler bed,
Beneath a nobler roof,—the sky.
Such thoughts as prompt the brave to lie
Stretch'd forth in honour's nobler bed,
Beneath a nobler roof,—the sky.
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