William Broome. ?-1745
447. Belinda's Recovery from Sickness
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48 words

THUS when the silent grave becomes Pregnant with life as fruitful wombs; When the wide seas and spacious earth   Resign us to our second birth; Our moulder'd frame rebuilt assumes New beauty, and for ever blooms, And, crown'd with youth's immortal pride,   We angels rise, who mortals died.

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James Thomson. 1700-1748
448. On the Death of a particular Friend
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64 words
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