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Edinburgh, November 24. 1780.
On the Death of André.
1 Nature shrinks back, in agony of grief
2 Deep felt.
3 Washington, that deed of thine,
4 I write it desperate.
5 Unpassioned souls, in ages yet unborn,
6 Will read it different*
* Yes! while the Western Hemisphere forms part of this globe, or an American breaths the air of freedom.
. 7 Cruel,
8 Unnatural war, by Heaven sent,
9 To rouse the nobler powers,
10 Absorb'd in luxury,
11 Or vice
12 Licentious.
[Page 69]13 Proud nations. Love of liberty carried too far.
14 One of your noblest — bravest — dearest sons
15 Dies!
16 To reunite you.
17 Relent.
18 Oh my heart bleeds — bursts with grief.
19 Regret.
20 Calm to the last — what energy
21 Of worth!
22 Thousands are animate
23 Beheld thy glorious death
24 Silent!
25 Or with averted eye — scarce look
26 On — Washington.
27 Death,
28 'Tis immortality*
* This Epitaph was sent to M — D. under a feigned correspondence.
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Source edition
Carstairs, Christian. Original Poems. By a Lady, Dedicated to Miss Ann Henderson. A Tribute to Gratitude and Friendships. Edinburgh: Andrew Shortrede, 1786, pp. 68-69. (ESTC T76883) (Page images digitized from a copy in the Bodleian Library [Harding C 680].)
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