The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Vol II With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes
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Chapter 22 EPITAPH ON MRS MARGARET PASTON, OF BURNINGHAM IN NORFOLK.

So fair, so young, so innocent, so sweet,

So ripe a judgment, and so rare a wit,

Require at least an age in one to meet.

In her they met; but long they could not stay,

'Twas gold too fine to mix without allay.

Heaven's image was in her so well express'd,

Her very sight upbraided all the rest;

Too justly ravish'd from an age lik

            
            

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