Death takes the mean man with the proud; The fatal urn has … - John Conington

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Death takes the mean man with the proud;
The fatal urn has room for all.

John Conington

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John Conington (10 August 1825 – 23 October 1869) was an English classical scholar.

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Let hopes and sorrows, fears and angers be,
And think each day that dawns the last you'll see;
For so the hour that greets you unforeseen
Will bring with it enjoyment twice as keen.

To die! and unrevenged!' she said,
'Yet let me die.

No, trust the Muse: she opes the good man's grave,
And lifts him to the gods.

Death takes the mean man with the proud; The fatal urn has room for all. - John Conington

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