Religion
The Immortality of Virtue
From Poems by the late George-Monck Berkeley (London, 1797)
Religion
FROM these numbers as they flow,
Shepherd-maids this moral know;
Soon shall Beauty's brightest bloom
Moulder in the cheerless tomb;
Charms that light the blaze of love,
Soon the force of time shall prove;
Vainly beams the glist'ning eye,
Quench'd in dust each star shall lie;
Yet when Death's destructive dart
Chills to rest the beating heart,
Virtue's flame unquench'd shall burn,
Cheer the grave, and gild the urn.
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MLA
Berkeley, George Monck. “The Immortality of Virtue.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/berkeley_gm/29/.
Chicago
Berkeley, George Monck. “The Immortality of Virtue.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/berkeley_gm/29/.
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