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ON PRINCE FREDERICK, by                    
First Line: Here lies fred
Last Line: "who was alive and is dead, / there's no more to be said"
Subject(s): Epitaphs


Here lies Fred,
Who was alive and is dead:
Had it been his father,
I had much rather;
Had it been his brother,
Still better than another;
Had it been his sister,
No one would have missed her;
Had it been the whole generation,
So much the better for the nation:
But since 'tis only Fred,
Who was alive and is dead,
There's no more to be said.








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