"Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own."

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"Ah, tell them they are men!"

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"E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires."

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"Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn."

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"From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take."

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"Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the good how far,--but far above the great."

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"Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows; While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim repose expects his evening prey."

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"Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way."

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"Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing."

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"Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears."

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"Now as the Paradisiacal pleasures of the Mahometans consist in playing upon the flute and lying with Houris, be mine to read eternal new romances of Marivaux and Crebillon."

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"Her track, where'er the goddess roves, Glory pursue, and gen'rous shame, Th' unconquerable mind, and freedom's holy flame."

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"And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die."

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"The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise."

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"To high-born Hoel's harp, or soft Llewellyn's lay."

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"Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes; Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart."

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"The social smile, the sympathetic tear."

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"No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God."

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"Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air."

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"The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave."

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"Ah, happy hills! ah, pleasing shade! Ah, fields beloved in vain! Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow."

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"One morn I miss'd him on the custom'd hill, Along the heath, and near his fav'rite tree: Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he."

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"O'er her warm cheek and rising bosom move The bloom of young Desire and purple light of Love."

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"Visions of glory, spare my aching sight! Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul!"

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"Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind."

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"Ruin seize thee, ruthless king! Confusion on thy banners wait! Though fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state."

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"For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind?"

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"To each his suff'rings; all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan,-- The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah! why should they know their fate, Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies? Thought would destroy their paradise. No more; where ignorance is bliss, 'T is folly to be wise."

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"And truth severe, by fairy fiction drest."

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"Iron sleet of arrowy shower Hurtles in the darken'd air."

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"While bright-eyed Science watches round."

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"Implores the passing tribute of a sigh."

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"Alas! regardless of their doom, The little victims play; No sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond to-day."

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"Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood."

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"Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race. Give ample room and verge enough The characters of hell to trace."

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"Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep."

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"Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of death?"

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"Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune; He had not the method of making a fortune."

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"And moody madness laughing wild Amid severest woe."

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"The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me."

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"Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise."

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"Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre."

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"The still small voice of gratitude."

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"And weep the more, because I weep in vain."

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"They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy."

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"Bright-eyed Fancy, hov'ring o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe and words that burn."

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"Glance their many-twinkling feet."

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"The applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes."

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"But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll; Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul."

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"The breezy call of incense-breathing morn."

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