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ON THE DEATH OF


Mrs. JENNINGS.[1]


Eſt tamen quieté, & puré, & eleganter actæ ætatis, placida ac lenis ſenectus.

Cicero de Senect.


'TIS paſt: dear venerable ſhade, farewel!
Thy blameleſs life thy peaceful death ſhall tell.
Clear to the laſt thy ſetting orb has run;

Pure, bright, and healthy like a froſty ſun:

And
  1. The Author's Grandmother.