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Fight virtue's cause, stand up in wit's defence,
Win us from vice, and laugh us into sense.

— Thomas Tickell On the Prospect of Peace (1713)

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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)

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.

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