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Several Occasions.
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Ambrosial Ointments o'er their Ashes shed,
And scatter useless Roses on the Dead;
And when no more avail the World's Delights,
The spicy Odours, and the solemn Rites;
With fruitless Pomp they deck the senseless Tombs,
And waste profusely Floods of vain Perfumes.
And scatter useless Roses on the Dead;
And when no more avail the World's Delights,
The spicy Odours, and the solemn Rites;
With fruitless Pomp they deck the senseless Tombs,
And waste profusely Floods of vain Perfumes.
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