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Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets. 1880–1918.rnVol. III. The Eighteenth Century: Addison to Blake

Matthew Prior (1664–1721)

For My Own Tomb-stone

TO me ’twas given to die: to thee ’tis given

To live: alas! one moment sets us even.

Mark! how impartial is the will of Heaven!