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William Collins
1721 - 1759

Ode, Written in the Beginning of the Year 1746

1     How sleep the brave who sink to rest
2     By all their country's wishes blest!
3     When Spring, with dewy fingers cold,
4     Returns to deck their hallow'd mold,
5     She there shall dress a sweeter sod
6     Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
7     By fairy hands their knell is rung,
8     By forms unseen their dirge is sung;
9     There Honour comes, a pilgrim grey,
10   To bless the turf that wraps their clay;
11   And Freedom shall awhile repair,
12   To dwell a weeping hermit there!

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