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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: BOOK-VIII. FABLE I. DEATH AND THE DYING. Death never taketh by surprise The well prepared, to wit, the wise ? They knowing of themselves the time To meditate the final change of clime. That time, alas embraces all Which into hours and minutes we divide; There is no part, however small, That from this tribute one can hide. The very moment, oft, which bids The heirs of empire see the light Is that which shuts their fringed lids In everlasting night Defend yourself by rank and wealth, Plead beauty, virtue, youth, and health, ? Unblushing Death will ravish all; The world itself shall pass beneath his pall. No truth is better known; but, truth to say, No truth is oftener thrown away. A man, well in his second century, Complained that Death had called him suddenly; Had left no time his plans to fill, To balance books, or make his will. 0 Death, said he, d'ye call it fair, Without a warning to prepare, To take a man on lifted leg ? O, wait a little while, I beg. My wife cannot be left alone; 1 must set out my nephew's son; And let me build my house a wing, Before you strike, O cruel king Old man, said Death, one thing is sure, ? My visit here's not premature. Hast thou not lived a century ? Dar'st thou engage to find for me, In Paris' walls, two older men ? Has France, among her millions, ten ? Thou sayst I should have sent thee word Thy lamp to trim, thy loins to gird; And then my coming had been meet ? Thy will engrossed, Thy house complete Did not thy feelings notify ? Did not they tell thee thou must die ? Thy taste and hearing are no more; Thy sight itself is gone before; For thee the sun superfluous shines, And all the wealth of Indian mines. VOL. II. 5 Thy mates I've shown thee dead ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217717199 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217717195 |
| Weight | 0.68 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.47 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 204 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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