At early dawn of day arise,
Bless first the Ruler of the skys,
Cleanse, wash, and comb, and every day
Dress, read, or work before you play.
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Possest with such resistless charms,
Why should you covet other arms?
Why any foreign aid explore,
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Ungentle Death with fatal dart,
Has pierc'd young Phillis to the heart.
Tyrannic death that wou'd not spare
The wise, the witty, and the fair.
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Inscrib'd to Mrs. S--K
Fair and unspotted, to the realms of light
Accomplish'd Flavia takes her silent flight:
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Novemrer 1745
Much like the fabrick of my trade,
Death has dissolv'd the human thread.
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Long unresolv'd, my Lord, you knew not how
To save the prospect, and preserve the bough;
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As zealous pilgrims, far and near,
Inspir'd by superstitious fear,
Flock to Loretto's sacred shrine,
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near Wells, In Somersetshire.
Nemorosa juga, et scopulosi vertice colles.
Hinc atque hinc vastæ rupes.
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By a LADY
How shall the Muse, distress'd in numbers, tell
The pain she feels at this sad word-farewel?
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What was chiefly in use before guns were invented,
And the place of retreat for wild beasts under ground,
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