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An Online Edition of The Sugar-Cane (1764)

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  • Of use to mortal man, life to prolong,
  • To soften, or adorn; what genuine joy,
  • What exultation of supreme delight, [650]
  • Will swell my raptured bosom. Then, when death
  • Shall call me hence, I’ll unrepining go;
  • Nor envy conquerors their storied tombs,
  • Tho’ not a stone point out my humble grave.

The END of BOOK III.