So peaceful rests, without a stone, a name,
What once had beauty, titles, wealth, and fame.
(Elegy To The Memory Of An Unfortunate Lady)
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His moral pleases, not his pointed wit;Forgot his epic, nay Pindaric art,
But still I love the language of his heart.
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Ask you what provocation I have had The strong antipathy of good to bad.
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Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog, And the hoarse nation croaked, God save King Log'
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Rise, honest Muse and sing the Man of Ross.
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Never elated when one man 's oppress'd Never dejected while another 's bless'd.
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