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Tobias Smollett on Anniversary

1721–1771 Scotland

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Thy fatal shafts unerring move;
I bow before thine altar, Love!

As Love can exquisitely bless,
Love only feels the marvellous of pain;
Opens new veins of torture in the soul,
And wakes the nerve where agonies are born.

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