VERSES written in a Lady's Sherlock upon Death. Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T131163 K104099.001 Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. I. London printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley 1763 [1st ed. 1758] p. 330. 6v.: music; 8⁰.

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VERSES written in a Lady's Sherlock upon Death . MIstaken fair , lay Sherlock by , His doctrine is deceiving ; For whilst he teaches us to die , He cheats us of our living . To die's a lesson we shall know Too soon without a master ; Then let us only study now How may we live the faster . To live's to love , to bless , be blest With mutual inclination ; Share then my ardour in your breast , And kindly meet my passion . But if thus bless'd I may not live , And pity you deny , To me at least your Sherlock give , 'Tis I must learn to die .