The young gentleman and lady's poetical preceptor, selected [by T. Woolston].1807 |
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... How lov'd , how honour'd once , avails thee not , To whom related , or by whom begot : A heap of duft alone remains of thee ; ' Tis all thou art , and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves muft fall , like thofe they fung , Deaf the ...
... How lov'd , how honour'd once , avails thee not , To whom related , or by whom begot : A heap of duft alone remains of thee ; ' Tis all thou art , and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves muft fall , like thofe they fung , Deaf the ...
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