The Poems of Robert Fergusson Edited by Matthew P. McDiarmid |
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Character of a Friend, in an Epitaph
which he desired the Author to write.
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Character of a Friend, in an Epitaph which he desired the Author to write.
Under this turf, to mould'ring earth consign'd,Lies he, who once was fickle as the wind.
Alike the scenes of good and ill he knew,
From the chaste temple to the lewdest stew.
Virtue and vice in him alternate reign'd;
That fill'd his mind, and this his pocket drain'd,
Till in the contest they so stubborn grew,
Death gave the parting blow, and both withdrew.
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