The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 2 - With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by John Dryden
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III. UPON THE DEATH OF THE EARL OF DUNDEE.[36] Oh, last and best of Scots! who didst maintain Thy country's freedom from a foreign reign; New people fill the land now thou art gone, New gods the temples, and new kings the throne. Scotland and thee did each in other live; Nor wouldst thou her, nor could she thee survive. Farewell! who dying didst support the state, And couldst not fall but with thy country's fate. * * * * * FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 36: This is translated from a Latin elegy by Dr Pitcairn.] * * * * * IV. |
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