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Several Occasions.
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Ambrosial Ointments o'er their Ashes shed,
And scatter useless Roses on the Dead;
And when no more avail the World's Delights,
The spicy Odours, and the solemn Rites;
With fruitless Pomp they deck the senseless Tombs,
And waste profusely Floods of vain Perfumes.

Endpiece from 'Poems on Several Occasions' by William Broome (1739, 2nd edition)
Endpiece from 'Poems on Several Occasions' by William Broome (1739, 2nd edition)

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