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T:The Silver Swan
C:Anon., with epitaphs for Owen Swan from GB-GL-R.b.2 f.15v
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w:The sil-ver swan, who liv-ing had no note, till death ap-proached un-locked her si-lent throat,
w:The dy-ing Swan, in sad and mov-ing strains, of his near end and hap-less fate com-plains,
w:The ag-ed Swan, op-pressed with time and cares, with In-dian sweets his fu-ne-ral pre-pares,
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w:lean-ing her breast a-gainst the ree-dy shore, thus sung_ her first and last,_ and sung no more,
w:in pi-ty then your kind as-sis-tance give, smoke of_ Swan's best that the_ poor bird may live,
w:light up the pipe, thus he'll as-cend the skies, and Phoe--nix like, from his_ own ash-es rise,
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w:"Fare-well all joys,_ oh_ death come close my eyes, more geese than swan now live, more fools than wise."