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'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view,
And robes the mountain in its azure hue.

— Thomas Campbell The Pleasures of Hope (1799)

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To live in hearts we leave behind
Is not to die.

A stoic of the woods—a man without a tear.

Gertrude of Wyoming (1809)

Who hath not owned, with rapture-smitten frame,
The power of grace, the magic of a name?

The Pleasures of Hope (1799)

Oh, how hard it is to find
The one just suited to our mind!

Theodric: A Domestic Tale; and Other Poems (1825)

Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind,
But leave, oh! leave the light of Hope behind!

The Pleasures of Hope (1799)

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