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THE UNION OF BEAUTY AND VIRTUE IS DISSOLVED BY HER DEATH.
Two mortal foes in one fair breast combined, / Beauty and Virtue, in such peace allied / That ne'er rebellion ruffled that pure mind, / But in rare union dwelt they side by side; / By Death they now are shatter'd and disjoin'd; / One is in heaven, its glory and its pride, / One under earth, her brilliant eyes now blind, / Whence stings of love once issued far and wide.