"If Pity be no Stranger to thy Breast, / (As sure it should not to a Breast like thine, / Soft as the Swanny Down!) relenting, hear"
Sickness a Poem.
At least 2 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1746, 1757).<br>
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First published as <u>Sickness. A Poem. In Three Books. By William Thompson, M. A. of Queenâ€™s College, Oxon.</u> (London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1746). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T48249">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW112874754&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from <u>Poems on Several Occasions, To which is added Gondibert and Birtha, A Tragedy. By William Thompson</u> (Oxford: Printed at the Theatre, 1757).<br>
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Some verses found in <u>The Christian's Pocket Library</u> (New York: 1796), vol. 1 of 2.