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THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF THE RIGHT HON.

GEO. GRANVILLE,

LORD LANSDOWNE.

WITH THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.



For impious greatneſs vengeance is in ſtore;
Short is the date of all ill-gotten pow’r—
Fearleſs he ſees, who is with virtue crown’d,
The tempeſt rage, and hears the thunder ſound;
Ever the ſame, let Fortune ſmile or frown,
On the red ſcaffold or the blazing throne;
Serenely as he liv’d reſigns his breath,
Meets Deſtiny half way, nor ſhrinks at death—
An honeſt heart, a conſcience free from blame,
Not of great acts, but good, give me the name—
Place me, ye Pow’rs! in ſome obſcure retreat;
O keep me innocent, make others great!
In quiet ſhades, content with rural ſports,
Give me a life remote from guilty courts,
Where, free from hopes or fears, in humble eaſe,
Unheard of, I may live and die in peace.
IMITAT. SENEC. THYEST. 



EDINBURG:
AT THE Apollo Preſs, BY THE MARTINS.
Anno 1779.