Excerpt from The Works of the English Poets, Vol. 39: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical
Against Immoderate Grief.
To a Young Lady Weeping.
An Ode in Imitation of Casimire.
I.
Could mournful sighs, or floods of tears, prevent
The ills, unhappy men lament:
Could all the anguish of my mind
Remove my cares, or make but Fortune kind;
Soon I"d the grateful tribute pay,
And weep my troubled thoughts away:
To wealth and pleasure every sigh prefer,
And more than gems esteem each falling tear.
II.
But, since insulting cares are most inclin"d
To triumph o"er th" afflicted mind;
Since sighs can yield us no relief,
And tears, like fruitful showers, but nourish grief;
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