Poor pitied youth! ... Bring fragrant flowers, the whitest … - Christopher Pitt

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Poor pitied youth! ... Bring fragrant flowers, the whitest lilies bring, With all the purple beauties of the spring; These gifts at least, these honours I'll bestow On the dear youth, to please his shade below.

Christopher Pitt

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Christopher Pitt (1699 – 13 April 1748) was an English poet and translator.

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John Milton John Conington Alfred Tennyson Luís de Camões Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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The shrill echoes ring amidst the skies.

Be sure from nature never to depart; To copy nature is the task of art. The noblest poets own her sovereign sway, And ever follow where she leads the way.

If some grave sire appears, amid the strife, In morals strict, and innocence of life, All stand attentive, while the sage controuls Their wrath, and calms the tempest of their souls.

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