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MONODY ON THE DEATH OF PEG WOFFINGTON, SELECTION, by                    
First Line: Ah! Lost, for ever lost! The breath that warm'd
Last Line: And wreaths unfading flourish round thy tomb!
Subject(s): Actors & Actresses; Woffington, Peg (1714-1760); Actresses


AH! lost, for ever lost! the breath that warm'd,
The wit that ravish'd, and the mien that charm'd!
Here sleeps, beneath, the fairest of the fair,
The graces' darling and the muses' care!
Who once could fix a thousand gazers' eyes,
Now cold and lifeless unregarded lies!
Who once the soul in bonds of love detained,
Now lies, alas! in stronger bonds restrained.
Fair death had rifled all her pleasing store,
And Nature loathes a form so loved before!

. . . . .

Farewell the glory of a wond'ring age,
The second Oldfield of a sinking stage!
Farewell the boast and envy of thy kind,
A female softness, and a manly mind!
Long as the muses can record thy praise,
Thy fame shall last to far succeeding days:
While wit survives, thy name shall ever bloom,
And wreaths unfading flourish round thy tomb!





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