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Page 99 - The youthful world's gray fathers in one knot, Did with intentiv.e looks watch every hour For thy new light, and trembled at each shower...
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Page 138 - Death. To which is added Divers Copies under his own hand, never before printed.
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Page 138 - POEMS | BY JD | WITH | ELEGIES | ON THE AUTHOR'S DEATH. | To WHICH | Is added divers copies under his own hand \ never before in print.
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