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Just men, by whom impartial laws were given;
And saints who taught and led the way to heaven.
On the Death of Mr. Addison (1721)
A snow of blossoms and a wild of flowers.
Kensington Garden (1722)
Fight virtue's cause, stand up in wit's defence,
Win us from vice, and laugh us into sense.
On the Prospect of Peace (1713)
Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed
A fairer spirit or more welcome shade.
On the Death of Mr. Addison (1721)
The sweetest garland to the sweetest maid.
There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high
The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
These taught us how to live; and (oh, too high
The price for knowledge!) taught us how to die.
I hear a voice you cannot hear,
Which says I must not stay;
I see a hand you cannot see,
Which beckons me away.
He 'midst the graceful of superior grace,
And she the loveliest of the loveliest race.
There patient show'd us the wise course to steer,
A candid censor, and a friend severe;
There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high
The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
On the Death of Mr. Addison (1721)
though every friend be fled,
Lo! Envy waits, that lover of the dead.