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" Meantime, when thoughts of death disturb thy head, Consider, Ancus, great and good, is dead; Ancus, thy better far, was born to die, And thou, dost thou bewail mortality? So many monarchs with their mighty state, Who ruled the world, were overruled by... "
Of the Nature of Things: In Six Books - Page 272
by Titus Lucretius Carus - 1714
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Sylvae, Or, The Second Part of Poetical Miscellanies

John Dryden - Classical poetry - 1702 - 362 pages
...Mean timc,when thoughts of Death difturb thy head;, Confidcr, Ancus great and good is dead j Anciis, thy better far-, was born to die, And thou, doft thou bewail mortality? So many Monarchs with their mighty State, Who rul'd the World, were over-rul'd by fate. MISCELLANT...
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T. Lucretius Carus,: Of the Nature of Things, in Six Books, Translated Into ...

Titus Lucretius Carus, Thomas Creech - Atomism - 1714 - 508 pages
...of Death difturb thy Head, Coniidcr, Ancus, Great and Good, is dead : Ancus, thy Better far, was bom to die : And thou, do'ft thou bewail Mortality ? Dryd....the Inevitablenefs of that Deftiny , which fuch, and fa^reat Men, efpecially Democrittts, and Epicurus, have willingly, Ťay, joyfully undergone. \ Confider,...
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The Complete Art of Poetry: In Six Parts, I. Of the Nature, Use ..., Volume 2

Charles Gildon - Criticism - 1718 - 490 pages
...for Ufe, to none for Property. Therefore when Thoughts of Death difturb thy Head , Confider, Anna, great and good, is dead ; Ancus, thy better far was born to dye ; And thou, doft thou bewail Mortality ? So many Monarchs, with their mighty State, Who rul'd the...
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Medulla Poetarum Romanorum, Or, The Most Beautiful and Instructive ..., Volume 1

Henry Baker - English poetry - 1737 - 580 pages
...When careful Thoughts of Death difturb thy Head, Confider, Ancus, great and good, is dead : Апсш, thy better far, was born to die : And Thou ! doft Thou bewail Mortality ? How many Monarchs with their mighty State, Who rul'd the World, were over-rul'd by Fate ? That haughty...
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Original Poems and Translations, Volume 2

John Dryden - English poetry - 1743 - 352 pages
...Breath : This makes an Hell on Earth, and Life a Death. * Mean-time, when thoughts of death difturb thy Head > Confider, Ancus great and good is dead...born to die ; And thou, doft thou bewail mortality ? So many Monarchs with their mighty State, Who rul'd the World, were over rul'd by Fate. That haughty...
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The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq;: Containing All His Original ...

John Dryden - 1760 - 528 pages
...of breath : This makes an hell on earth, and life a death. Mean-time when thoughts of death difturb thy head; Confider, Ancus great and good is dead ;...born to die ; And thou, doft thou bewail mortality ? So many monarchs with their mighty ftate, Who rul'd the world, were over-rul'd by fate. That haughty...
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The Miscellaneous Works: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales ..., Volume 2

John Dryden - English poetry - 1760 - 488 pages
...of breath : This makes an hell on earth, and life a death. Mean-time when thoughts of death difturb thy head; Confider, Ancus great and good is dead ;...born to die ; And thou, doft thou bewail mortality ? So many monarchs with their mighty ftate, Who rul'd the world, were over-rul'd by fate. That haughty...
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The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original ...

John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 388 pages
...: This makes an hell on earth, and life a death. Z 3 Mean-Mean-time when thoughts of death difturb thy head; Confider, Ancus great and good is dead ;...born to die ; And thou, doft thou bewail mortality ? So many monarchs with their mighty ftate, Who rul'd the world, were over-rul'd by fate. That haughty...
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The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original ...

John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 386 pages
...an hell on earth, and life a death. Z 3 . Mean.1 Mean-time when thoughts of death difturb thy hea<J; Confider, Ancus great and good is dead ; Ancus, thy...born to die; And thou, doft thou bewail mortality ? So many monarchs with their mighty ftate, Who rul'd the world, were over-rul'd by fate. That haughty...
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Letters, by Several Eminent Persons Deceased: Including the ..., Volume 1

John Duncombe, John Hughes - English letters - 1773 - 998 pages
...54th year of his age, three days befor* the date ef this letter. f They are as follows : " Anru ., thy better far was born to die, •< And thou, doft thou, bewail mortality ; ' " The founders of invented arts are loft, •' And wits who mad* eternity their boa!:. "And thou.doft...
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