Poems, chiefly pastoral By John Cunningham. The second edition. With the Addition of several pastorals and other pieces |
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On the Death of Lord
GRANBY.
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On the Death of Lord GRANBY.
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private loss the lenient tear may flow,
And give a short, (perhaps) a quick relief;
While the full heart, o'ercharg'd with public woe,
Must labour thro' a long, protracted grief.
And give a short, (perhaps) a quick relief;
While the full heart, o'ercharg'd with public woe,
Must labour thro' a long, protracted grief.
This sudden stroke ('twas like the lightning's blast)
The sons of Albion can't enough deplore;
Think, Britons, think on all his triumphs past,
And weep—your Warrior is—alas! no more.
The sons of Albion can't enough deplore;
Think, Britons, think on all his triumphs past,
And weep—your Warrior is—alas! no more.
Blight, we are told, respects the Conq'ror's tree,
And thro' the Laurel grove with caution flies:
Vague—and how vain must that assertion be,
Cover'd with Laurels when a Granby dies!
And thro' the Laurel grove with caution flies:
Vague—and how vain must that assertion be,
Cover'd with Laurels when a Granby dies!
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