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Why is the hearse with scutcheons blazon'd round, And with the nodding plume of ostrich crown'd? No the dead know it not, nor profit gain It only serves to prove the living vain.
John Gay
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John Gay
Age: 47 †
Born: 1685
Born: June 30
Died: 1732
Died: December 4
Librettist
Playwright
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Barnstaple
Devon
Vain
Ostriches
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Nodding
Gains
Crown
Prove
Crowns
Dead
Serves
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Plume
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Hearse
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Ostrich
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