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 ( 8 ) LOUIS 16th's LAMENTATION. Crown and Scepter'd pow'rs adieu ! vain, tranſient joys you give; But, ah! my ANTIONETTE, for you I ſtill could wiſh to live ! Royal pomp, the pride of Kings, I gait without a ſigh; But grief from fond affection ſprings, and Louis fears to die! Many, many years in ſtate I liv'd as Monarchs do; And Louis, deſtin'd to be great, unrival'd greatneſs knew : Vain deluſions! not for you I aſk the boon of life, Both death appals me, when I view my children and my wife! FINIS Falkirk-T. Johnston, Printer,