Then, if nor Heaven would hear—nor friends could ſave, Be ſtill, my heart, nor breathe another ſigh; Drop the laſt tear upon her early grave, And let it teach you—that the beſt muſt die . ☞
— from The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6: Literary Curiosities Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts by Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks
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