Chapter 381

Ye Gods! annihilate but space and time, And make two lovers happy.

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_Epitaph on the Hon. S. Harcourt_.

Who ne'er knew joy but friendship might divide, Or gave his father grief but when he died.

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THOMAS TICKELL. 1686-1740.

_On the Death of Addison_. Line 45.

Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed A fairer spirit, or more welcome shade.

Line 79.

There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.

_Colin and Lucy_.

I hear a voice you cannot hear, Which says I must not stay, I see a hand you cannot see, Which beckons me away.

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JOHN GAY. 1688-1732.

_What D'ye Call 't_.