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Since we can die but once, and after death Our state no alteration knows, But when we have resign’d our breath, Th’ immortal spirit goes To endless joys, or everlasting woes; Wise is the man who labours to secure That mighty and important stake; And by all methods strives to make His passage safe, and his reception sure.
Since we can die but once, and after death Our state no alteration knows, But when we have resign’d our breath, Th’ immortal spirit goes To endless joys, or everlasting woes; Wise is the man who labours to secure That mighty and important stake; And by all methods strives to make His passage safe, and his reception sure.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- J. Pomfret (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 172 · printed citation: J. Pomfret · subject: DEATH
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