Could all our care elude the gloomy grave, Which claims no less the fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable... Avenia, Or, A Tragical Poem, on the Oppression of the Human Species, and ... - Page 31 1805 - 358 pages Full view -
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