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See the rivers how they run
Thro' woods and meads, in shade and sun,
Sometimes swift, sometimes slow,
Wave succeeding wave, they go
A various journey to the deep,
Like human life to endless sleep!

— John Dyer Grongar Hill (1727)

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A little rule, a little sway,
A sun beam in a winter’s day,
Is all the proud and mighty have
Between the cradle and the grave.

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There is a kindly mood of melancholy,
That wings the soul, and points her to the skies.

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While the wanton Zephyr sings,
And in the vale perfumes his wings.

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And he that will this health deny,
Down among the dead men let him lie.

Ever charming, ever new,
When will the landskip tire the view?

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