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ON THE DEATH OF MRS. JENNINGS[1].
Est tamen quietè, et purè, et eleganter actæ ætatis,placida ac lenis senectus.Cicero de Senect.
'T is past: dear venerable shade, farewell!Thy blameless life thy peaceful death shall tell.Clear to the last thy setting orb has run;Pure, bright, and healthy like a frosty sun:And late old age with hand indulgent shedIts mildest winter on thy favoured head.For Heaven prolonged her life to spread its praise,And blessed her with a patriarch's length of days.The truest praise was hers, a cheerful heart,Prone to enjoy, and ready to impart.
- ↑ The Author's Grandmother.
