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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T116245 1137 K093079.004 Pearch, G. A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands. Vol. IV. [The second edition]. London printed for G. Pearch 1770 p. 56. 4v. ; 8⁰.

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SONNET . TO MATTHEW BARNARD The sexton of the parish . . BY THE SAME . MATTHEW , whose skilful hand and well-worn spade Shall soon be call'd to make the humble bed , Where I at last shall rest my weary head , And form'd of dust again in dust be laid ; Near , but not in the Church of God , be made My clay-cold cell , and near the common tread Of passing friends ; when number'd with the dead , We're equall all , and vain distinctions fade : The cowslip , violet , or the pale primrose Perhaps may chance to deck the verdant sweard ; Which twisted briar or hasle-bands entwine ; Symbols of life's soon-fading glories those — Do thou the monumental hillock guard From trampling cattle , and the routing swine .