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O! Death As those we love decay we die in Parts String after String is severd from the hearts Till loosend life at last but breathing Clay Without one pang is glad to fall away

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O! Death As those we love decay we die in Parts String after String is severd from the hearts Till loosend life at last but breathing Clay Without one pang is glad to fall away
Listed on Page Number
287
Sampler Worked By
Mary Godard
Date of Sampler
1803
Place Sampler Made
Cambridge, MA
Sampler Listed on Page
163
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Thomson, James. Poems on Several Occasions. London: A. Milar, 1750. pg. 5.
Notes
https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_poems-on-several-occasio_thomson-james-the-poet_1750/page/n4/mode/1up?q=string O! Death is added before the first four lines of a poem, “Verses Occasioned by the Death of Mr. Aikman, a Particular Friend of the Author’s.”