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Rh man through the ſeveral ſtages and conditions of life, and has excellent reaſoning upon life and death. On the laſt are theſe lines;

The poet has likewiſe theſe ſimilies on life;

We ſhall conclude this account of Mr. Prior’s life with the following copy of verſes, written on his Death by Robert Ingram, eſq; which is a very ſucceſsful imitation of Mr. Prior’s manner.

Mat. Prior!—(and we muſt ſubmit)
 * Is at his journey’s end;

In whom the world has loſt a wit,
 * And I, what’s more, a friend.

Who vainly hopes long here to ſtay,
 * May ſee with weeping eyes;

Not only nature poſts away,
 * But e’en good nature dies! 3. Should