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BATRACHOMUOMACHIA:
IV.
If therefore she should yield her Breath,
How will the pious Poor lament?
And still be poorer by the Death
Of her who did their Wants prevent.
If therefore she should yield her Breath,
How will the pious Poor lament?
And still be poorer by the Death
Of her who did their Wants prevent.
V
Spare then her Life; 'tis all we ask;
Nor suffer Fate to strike her now;
'Twill be for us too hard a Task
To live without her here below.
Spare then her Life; 'tis all we ask;
Nor suffer Fate to strike her now;
'Twill be for us too hard a Task
To live without her here below.
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TO
Thomas Ridge, Esq;
While you alike from Books and Friends retire,
And mourn with filial Duty o'er your Sire;
We at this Distance, Sir! confess your Grief,
And think it all in vain to seek Relief.
No more the careful Pilot's skilful Hands
Direct our Ships to visit other Lands;
And mourn with filial Duty o'er your Sire;
We at this Distance, Sir! confess your Grief,
And think it all in vain to seek Relief.
No more the careful Pilot's skilful Hands
Direct our Ships to visit other Lands;
For
