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& her work contains a very spirited & Elegant Compliment to yr Monody on André – apropos of yr poor Heroic Friend — So the King has raised a Monument to his Memory - I am glad of it but I wished He had possest Taste enough to have taken the Epitaph from you — Alas these royal Heads never know how to perform even their best Actions with true Grace — | & her work contains a very spirited & Elegant Compliment to yr Monody on André – apropos of yr poor Heroic Friend — So the King has raised a Monument to his Memory - I am glad of it but I wished He had possest Taste enough to have taken the Epitaph from you — Alas these royal Heads never know how to perform even their best Actions with true Grace — | ||
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& her work contains a very spirited & Elegant Compliment to yr Monody on André – apropos of yr poor Heroic Friend — So the King has raised a Monument to his Memory - I am glad of it but I wished He had possest Taste enough to have taken the Epitaph from you — Alas these royal Heads never know how to perform even their best Actions with true Grace —
Well hast Thou done, O George! to raise
a Tomb to Andre's Fame;
& bid thy grateful Structure praise
A murder'd Hero's Name: