Note 65:1 — TO A YOUNG LADY[64:1]
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And suffering Nature, &c. Southey's Retrospect.
'When eager patriots fly the news to spread Of glorious conquest, and of thousands dead; All feel the mighty glow of victor joy—
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But if extended on the gory plain, And, snatch'd in conquest, some lov'd friend be slain, Affection's tears will dim the sorrowing eye, And suffering Nature grieve that one should die.'
From the Retrospect by Robert Southey, published by Dilly [1795, pp. 9, 10]. MS. 4o.