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ON THE DEATH OF WILLIAM SPRINGALL LEVETT by GEORGE CRABBE

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First Line: WHAT! THOUGH NO TROPHIES PEER ABOVE HIS DUST
Last Line: MORE SHOULD WE MOURN HIM, DID WE LOVE HIM LESS.

WHAT! though no trophies peer above his dust,
Nor sculptured conquests deck his sober bust;
What! though no earthly thunders sound his name,
Death gives him conquest, and our sorrows fame;
One sigh reflection heaves, but shuns excess --
More should we mourn him, did we love him less.



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